3 Win Nobel Prize In Medicine For Discovering Brain's 'Inner GPS'

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Dear CSG mates:

If we used Rupert’s autonomous rover, and had it find an object in the room, say a circle or square, would an internal model of the room be necessary?

David Goldstein

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From: David Goldstein davidgoldsteinphd@gmail.com
Date: October 6, 2014 at 8:58:59 AM EDT
To: David Goldstein davidmg@verizon.net
Subject: 3 Win Nobel Prize In Medicine For Discovering Brain’s ‘Inner GPS’

I found the following story on the NPR iPhone App

3 Win Nobel Prize In Medicine For Discovering Brain’s ‘Inner GPS’
by Scott Neuman

NPR - October 6, 2014

Update at 7:05 a.m. ET…

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/06/354028842/3-win-nobel-prize-in-medicine-for-discovering-brains-inner-gps?sc=17&f=1001&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

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[Martin Taylor 2014.10.06.22.55]

Not necessary, but nice to have. It's a bit like searching a dark

complicated room using a narrow-beam flashlight. Much easier if you
just switch on the room lights.
Martin

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On 2014/10/6 9:04 AM, D Goldstein
wrote:

Dear CSG mates:

    If we used Rupert's autonomous rover, and had it find an

object in the room, say a circle or square, would an internal
model of the room be necessary?

David Goldstein

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[From Rick Marken (2014.10.06.1740)]

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Dear CSG mates:

If we used Rupert’s autonomous rover, and had it find an object in the room, say a circle or square, would an internal model of the room be necessary?

I’m not sure. We do need an internal GPS if we locate things in absolute space. But I’m not sure that we do. My catching models do not locate objects in absolute space; they locate then relative to fixed landmarks in the world. But maybe they should locate in absolute space.

Anyone who knows more about this please feel free to chime in.

Best

Rick

David Goldstein

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Begin forwarded message:

From: David Goldstein davidgoldsteinphd@gmail.com
Date: October 6, 2014 at 8:58:59 AM EDT
To: David Goldstein davidmg@verizon.net
Subject: 3 Win Nobel Prize In Medicine For Discovering Brain’s ‘Inner GPS’

I found the following story on the NPR iPhone App

3 Win Nobel Prize In Medicine For Discovering Brain’s ‘Inner GPS’
by Scott Neuman

NPR - October 6, 2014

Update at 7:05 a.m. ET…

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/06/354028842/3-win-nobel-prize-in-medicine-for-discovering-brains-inner-gps?sc=17&f=1001&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

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