Xurtio

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PhD Theoretical Neuroscience (attending/pursuing)

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Jul 3	answered	Computational models of early learning in children
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Jul 1	answered	Is addiction to sleep deprivation possible?
Jun 19	comment	Neurotransmitter based imaging techniques Hrm... didn't consider you'd wanted the test subject alive... :)
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Jun 18	comment	What cognitive strategies diminish bias in decision-making beyond those outlined by Larrick? In my not-so-humble opinion, bias is not escapable. All you can really do is choose the right set of biases for the question you're asking. By framing a question to answer in the first place (A decision to make) you've already begun to model the world in a particular way.
Jun 18	comment	Does the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis apply to artificial (specifically programming) languages? I would only call that a correlation without a mechanism. The mechanisms doesn't necessarily have to be neural, but the mechanism should have external validity.
Jun 13	comment	Why do participants prefer to give input values that are “round numbers”? I have an anecdote and an exception. The anecdote is that when I do quantitative analysis on a continuous data set, I sample it in tenths first, then finer if I have to. I think the goal is to gain intuition for the system by breaking it up evenly. The exception is when you ask people to name random numbers. Then suddenly, they NEVER hit a round number! And they tend to avoid hitting the same number twice in a row too (which is just as likely in a random set).
Jun 12	comment	What is the term for a psychological effect which does not have a neurobiological/genetic basis? perhaps "some argue this allows for". In neural systems, at least, we've actually shown this to be true on the functional level. There, it's called degeneracy. Eve Marder is known for her work that demonstrates how several different permutations of the same system can produce the expected result: ((((Marder E, Taylor AL. Multiple models to capture the variability in biological neurons and networks. Nat Neurosci. 2011 Feb;14(2):133-8. [abstract])))). Of course, this doesn't imply AI right away, but I'm sure it can be appreciated by AI proponents.
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Jun 12	comment	What is the term for a psychological effect which does not have a neurobiological/genetic basis? Multiple realizability is not incompatible with reductionism. Dualists will often exploit this fact to say that physicalism (your "reduces to the physical basis") implies panpsychism. Not sure that you meant to imply that, but "on the other hand" gave that impression.
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Jun 11	comment	How to obtain Fritz Perls' Eye Witness to Therapy film? no, I've never read/watched Perl. I was just lending my search skills.
Jun 11	answered	How to obtain Fritz Perls' Eye Witness to Therapy film?
Jun 11	comment	How to obtain Fritz Perls' Eye Witness to Therapy film? would you post some transcript content?
Jun 9	comment	Why is it easier to remember the correct response for problems with many options rather than just two? I have dyslexia and I have similar issues with binary problems; I'm always confusing extremes, especially with something symmetric like a light switch.