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Surprising but I guess it makes sense since we know of "muscle memory" as storing information outside of the brain. Same with decapitated chickens who are clea
by everdev 9y ago
Surprising but I guess it makes sense since we know of "muscle memory" as storing information outside of the brain.
Same with decapitated chickens who are clearly still experiencing panic and attempting to flee until they die.
- pishpash 9y ago"Muscle memory is stored outside of the brain" -- reference? Decapitated chickens could be entirely driven by processes already communicated just before decapitation. This claims to be much more.
- fooker 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasympathetic_nervous_system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasympathetic_nervous_system
- kgwgk 9y agoWhat’s the relation to “muscle memory”?
- dbspin 9y ago(In mammals) neurons lace the gut and other organs, and are implicated both in cognition and recall. For example Damasio's Somatic Marker Hypothesis holds that affective decision making 'polls' physiological responses which direct affect, providing intuitive 'system 1' information to aid decision making. There's a whole field of embodied cognition which studies the interaction of the body and brain / central nervous system in behaviour and decision making. While all this is a far cry from regenerating memories in the sense we think of them; the authors are merely referring to conditioned information, which could certainly be stored in the extra-cortical nervous system.
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- andrewflnr 9y agoI was always pretty sure "muscle memory" was a misnomer that actually referred to memory in the cerebellum. The headless chicken thing does put a damper on that theory, though.
- notfed 9y agoKeep in mind that, while Mike (the chicken) did have most of his head cut off, some of his brain—and indeed most likely his cerebellum—was left intact. "If the bird still has a bottom beak, the cerebellum and brain stem are likely still intact, which makes the chicken’s basic motor functions and ability to breathe quite likely." - Dr. Wayne J. Kuenzel (a poultry physiologist and neurobiologist) [1] [1] https://modernfarmer.com/2014/08/heres-chicken-can-live-without-head/ https://modernfarmer.com/2014/08/heres-chicken-can-live-with...