PPT Intro to Mind in the Machine

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Mind In The Machine:

Mind In The Machine CSCI 313H / PSYC 332H CSU, Chico Spring 2011

Meet the Parents:

Meet the Parents I’m a “Ger-Mex” Mother and Father met in Germany Both were Ballroom Dancers Met at the Sir Heinrich Love at first sight Several months later I was in the oven…

Sketch of their first meeting:

Sketch of their first meeting

The Brain A meaning-making device:

The Brain A meaning-making device

The Brain Unconscious Assumptions:

The Brain Unconscious Assumptions Imagine a Cow

The Brain Unconscious Assumptions:

The Brain Unconscious Assumptions

The Brain Unconscious Assumptions:

The Brain Unconscious Assumptions

The Brain Unconscious Assumptions:

The Brain Unconscious Assumptions

The Trolley Problem:

The Trolley Problem

Attention and Mental Models:

Students in white t-shirts and students in black t-shirts Count the number of times the students in white t-shirts pass the basket ball This deceptively simple task is really quite hard Most students miscount by one or two passes Attention and Mental Models

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First- vs. Third person perspective

The Q-Test:

What to do: Using the first finger of your dominant hand, trace out the capital letter ‘Q’ on your forehead. The Q-Test

Look at the figure below. Which way did you trace the Q? :

Look at the figure below. Which way did you trace the Q?

What it means: :

What it means: First Person Perspective: drawing the letter Q in a way in which it can be read by themselves Qualia “What it is like” How much can we trust introspection?

What it means: :

What it means: Third Person Perspective: drawing the letter Q in a way in which it can be seen by someone facing them. Is “ qualia ” relevant? Theory of Mind How much can science tell us about consciousness?

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Third-person vs. First-person

The Thumb Test :

The Thumb Test Try this: Put your hands together as if in prayer. Now, interlock the fingers of your hands, and place one thumb on top of the other.

The brain works in two general modes. Right-brain mode is intuitive, visual, and creative. Left-brain mode is logical, sequential, and language based. :

The brain works in two general modes. Right-brain mode is intuitive, visual, and creative. Left-brain mode is logical, sequential, and language based. Look at the figure below. Which thumb did you place on top?

What it means? :

What it means? People who place their right thumb on top of their left thumb tend to be left-brain dominant, and are thus more verbal and analytical.

What it means :

What it means Those placing their left thumb on top of their right thumbs tend to be right-brain dominant, and thus excel in visual, spatial and intuitive tasks.

Slide 21:

What is “mind”? How can we come to understand the nature of mind? What is the relationship between mind, consciousness, intelligence, and behavior? Welcome to Mind in the Machine