BI 182: John Krakauer Returns… Again Brain Inspired

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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