(February 5, 2015 at 7:06 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(February 5, 2015 at 4:57 pm)Surgenator Wrote: I said a thought is a series of electrochemical reactions. We've only seen thoughts occuring in brains. A single thought involves thosands to millions of neurons interacting.I have a question about this. Why is it that multiple (VERY multiple) processes manifest as single experiences (like for example the taste of chocolate)?
Short answer: I don't know.
Longer answer: I'm making the assumption that brain states are mental states which isn't a big assumption. We can view brain activity via fMRI and deduce (on order of magnitude) how many neurons are involved when having a single expericence or thought. The high number of neurons involved is likely due to the difficulty of the task when working with limited processing speed. There also can be some redundancy built in that might be correlated to the intensity of the experience.
