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SOME RADICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BACH-Y-RITA'S DISCOVERIES

2005; Imperial College Press; Volume: 04; Issue: 04 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1142/s021963520500094x

1757-448X

Stephen W. Kercel, Arthur S. Reber, W.W. Manges,

Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Journal of Integrative NeuroscienceVol. 04, No. 04, pp. 551-565 (2005) No AccessSOME RADICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BACH-Y-RITA'S DISCOVERIESSTEPHEN W. KERCEL, ARTHUR S. REBER, and WAYNE W. MANGESSTEPHEN W. KERCELEndogenous Systems Research Group, University of New England, 2 Brian Drive, Brunswick ME 04011, USACorresponding author. Search for more papers by this author , ARTHUR S. REBERBrooklyn College of CUNY, Department of Psychology, Brooklyn NY 11210, USA Search for more papers by this author , and WAYNE W. MANGESManges Management Consultants, Inc., Knoxville TN, USA Search for more papers by this author https://doi.org/10.1142/S021963520500094XCited by:6 PreviousNext AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail AbstractBach-y-Rita's clinical results in restoring lost sensory function are based on several phenomena not widely appreciated in cognitive science. First, there is volume transmission. Extensive laboratory observation has shown that the brain is much more than a network of synaptically connected neurons. Bach-y-Rita has found that a key implication of volume transmission is that it is a functional component in adult brain plasticity, also widely observed experimentally. Plasticity has led him to conclude that the structure of brain dynamics is beyond the scope of algorithmic computation. If the brain is not a computer, this insight would have a significant impact on the development of new technologies based on brain function. Bach-y-Rita's work is being extended from restoration of lost senses to the creation of new senses. This in turn could lead to a new technology of "wiring a human-in-the-loop" that would be utterly unlike any computationally based technology. 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