A highly original theory of how the mind-brain works, based on the author\'s study of single neuronal cells.
Thus, in a certain sense, one could say that reality is not all "out there," but is a kind of virtual reality..
Although the internal state that we call the mind is guided by the senses, it is also generated by the oscillations within the brain.
This simultaneity of neuronal activity is the neurobiological root of cognition.
Like cicadas chirping in unison, a group of Neurons oscillating in phase can resonate with a distant group of neurons.
On the crests of these oscillations occur larger electrical events that are the basis for neuron-to-neuron communication.
Many Neurons possess electrical activity, manifested as oscillating variations in the minute voltages across the cell membrane.
At the heart of Llinas\'s theory is the concept of oscillation.
One could even say that Self is the centralization of prediction.
Thus the capacity to predict is most likely the ultimate brain function.
To move through the environment safely, a creature must anticipate the outcome of each movement on the basis of incoming sensory data.
This suggests that the nervous system evolved to allow active movement in animals.
As an adult, the sea squirt attaches itSelf to a stationary object and then digests most of its own brain.
He illustrates the early evolution of mind through a primitive animal called the "sea squirt." The mobile larval form has a brainlike ganglion that receives sensory information about the surrounding environment.
According to Llinas, the "mindness state" evolved to allow predictive interactions between mobile creatures and their environment.
In I of the Vortex, Rodolfo Llinas, a founding father of modern brain science, presents an original view of the evolution and nature of mind.
A highly original theory of how the mind-brain works, based on the author\'s study of single neuronal cells
