Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Divine neuron: no direct sensory input no direct muscular stimulation yet predictive
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150227112456.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28Latest+Science+News+--+ScienceDaily%29
"Neurons in the brain's premotor cortex are active during the planning period that occurs a fraction of a second before a person or other primate initiates a movement. Those neurons do not directly receive sensory input, nor do they directly stimulate movement of the body. Instead, Svoboda says, their activity represents a cognitive phenomenon. "You can actually read out from the neurons what the animal will do in the future," he says. "In humans, you can record this activity with an EEG electrode and read out in coarse terms when and how a person will move, before he or she is aware of where they will move."