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BI 182: John Krakauer Returns… Again

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John Krakauer has been on the podcast multiple times (see links below). Today we discuss some topics framed around what he's been working on and thinking about lately. Things like

  • Whether brains actually reorganize after damage
  • The role of brain plasticity in general
  • The path toward and the path not toward understanding higher cognition
  • How to fix motor problems after strokes
  • AGI
  • Functionalism, consciousness, and much more.

    • Relevant links:

    • John's Lab.
    • Twitter: @blamlab
    • Related papers
      • What are we talking about? Clarifying the fuzzy concept of representation in neuroscience and beyond.
      • Against cortical reorganisation.
      • Other episodes with John:
        • BI 025 John Krakauer: Understanding Cognition
        • BI 077 David and John Krakauer: Part 1
        • BI 078 David and John Krakauer: Part 2
        • BI 113 David Barack and John Krakauer: Two Views On Cognition

          • Time stamps

          0:00 - Intro
          2:07 - It's a podcast episode!
          6:47 - Stroke and Sherrington neuroscience
          19:26 - Thinking vs. moving, representations
          34:15 - What's special about humans?
          56:35 - Does cortical reorganization happen?
          1:14:08 - Current era in neuroscience

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