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All of this emphasizes the importance of thinking in terms of functional systems and inter-functional relations a la Luria..... i think. mike On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com>wrote: > Yes, though the elmination of neurons would induce basic circuitry change > too, by removing noise from the system for instance. Irrespective of the > scientific validity, it doesn't equate to a static model. Whilst even > considering an unchanging circuit, there is still plenty of room for > changing behaviour. Part of the problem here is what constitutes the > circuit that implements changeable behaviour. It's perfectly possible to > implement many interacting levels of 'soft' circuits within a 'hard' > circuit. > > Huw > > On 26 June 2012 19:05, Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> wrote: > > > No, but change would be limited to the formation of new synaptic > > connections, or their elimination. The basic circuity would not change, > so > > was the view. Rees discusses this. > > > > Martin > > > > On Jun 26, 2012, at 11:27 AM, Huw Lloyd wrote: > > > > > However, this constraint would would not prevent change. > > > > __________________________________________ > > _____ > > xmca mailing list > > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca