Saturday, January 8, 2022

Philosophy Wire: Where am I going?

The brain appears to implement a GPS system for spatial navigation; however, it is not yet fully understood how it works. In the journal Science Advances, researchers from Freiburg, Bochum and Beijing now suggest that rhythmic fluctuations in brain activity, so-called theta oscillations, may play a role in this process. These brainwaves might help remember the locations to which a person is navigating. This is the result of the researchers' study conducted with epilepsy patients who had electrodes implanted in the brain for the purpose of surgical planning. With the aid of these electrodes, the researchers recorded neuronal activity during a navigation task in a virtual reality setting. [1] Walking every day we are. In the clearing of existence. Trying to make sense of that forest from which we came out. Always trying to find our destination. Always trying to find out where we came from. Never succeeding. Because the clearing is not here to help us find our way out. But a way to get lost. Walking deep inside the forest we are. Going deeper and deeper by the day. Too occupied to question our path. Ignoring the child in us asking “Pappa, why are we going deeper and deeper if we are lost?”…

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