NATS 1860 Lecture : NATS 1860 Note 16.docx
28 Feb 2013
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Nats 1860 note 16: 10-15 essay questions will be distributed two weeks before the exam (april 4) It will consists of four questions randomly chose from those provided. These will be written without notes or resources. Humans have roughly 100 terabytes of memory power in terms of computational power v. memory capacity. Cerebral cortex: this is the memory/pattern recognition, compression/decompression: it"s 1-4. 5mm thick, surface area of ~2,500 cm^2. Equivalent to circle with diameter or 22in. Therefore, it fits when crumpled into the skull: there is the thalamus in the center of the brain this station gates the flow of information back and forth with the brain. Spatial resolution: how small can you record someone"s space: will you stick a small wire, or look at a large structure within the brain. The third is invasive or non-invasive where you need to cause a lesion.
