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From: ssingh@watserv1.waterloo.edu ($anjay "lock-on" $ingh - Indy Studies)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Chaos and AI
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Date: 15 Mar 90 17:52:58 GMT
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In article <3142@usceast.UUCP> park@usceast.UUCP (Kihong Park) writes:

> In some cases, this might be a useful feature, but in most
>cases, it will be an unpleasant hinderence if not controlled well.

There was an article awhile back in Discover called "The Body Chaotic."
It mentioned that the EEGs of epileptics during a seizure become far
more periodic and regular as whole groups of neurons begin firing in
sync across the brain. A normal person's EEG shows little trace of
periodicity. It suggests that a nice chaotic "buzz" is the normal
state of affairs.

BTW, usually wherever there is chaos, fractals are lurking nearby. In the
excitement about chaos, fractals seem to have faded into the woodwork. Has
anyone seen or done work which tries to tie fractals, chaos, and NNs together
into a biologically plausible model? There was talk last year on the cybernetics
mailing list about calculating fractal dimensions of Purkinje cells, but
I haven't been able to send mail to those persons. Any pointers would
be appreciated.



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