Tuesday, April 24, 2007
"Early on it became evident that automatic behavior and awareness are often opposed -- the more efficient the performance, the less aware we become. Between reflex (automatic) action and mind there seems to be actual opposition. Reflex action and mind seem almost mutually exclusive (Sherrington 1911/1947)...
"Evidence (Pribram, 1971) indicates that automatic processing is programmed by neural circuitry mediated by nerve impulses, whereas awareness, which provides an opportunity for conscious learning, is due to delay in processing occuring in the brain's connective web. The longer the delay between the initiation in the dendritic network of postsynaptic arrival patterns and the ultimate production of axonic departure patterns, the longer the duration of awareness and the opportunity for distributed storage."
Karl Pribram
"Evidence (Pribram, 1971) indicates that automatic processing is programmed by neural circuitry mediated by nerve impulses, whereas awareness, which provides an opportunity for conscious learning, is due to delay in processing occuring in the brain's connective web. The longer the delay between the initiation in the dendritic network of postsynaptic arrival patterns and the ultimate production of axonic departure patterns, the longer the duration of awareness and the opportunity for distributed storage."
Karl Pribram
