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Neuroscience
Neuroscience, or neurobiology, is a cross-disciplinary science that studies the biont (or any organic) brain and how it regulates behaviour. It includes the physiology and biochemistry of the nervous system, the functioning of neurons and synapses, at both the microscopic and macroscopic levels. their relation with psychological experience, behaviour, and disorders. Other areas of study include natural and artificial neurobiological systems, neural networks, modelling brain functioning, artificial intelligence and low level ai patterned after the biont model, scanning and measuring neural activity, interaction of the central nervous system with cybernetic implants and augments, uploads, and creating neogenic intelligence.
Articles
- Complex Psychological Disorders - Text by Thorbørn Steen
The management of complex and relatively minor psychological disorders is commonplace in the Civilised Galaxy. - Conceptication - Text by Todd Drashner with additions by John B and Steve Bowers
The use of Mnemonet technology to facilitate information transfer between sentient beings. - Conscious Mind - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
The part of the psyche of any being that experiences awareness and consciousness. In evolved bionts there is a large demarcation between conscious and unconscious; in augmented cyborgs, vecs, and ai or even in neogens the distinction is less clear. - Consciousness (Phenomenology) - Text by Andrew P.
The principle of awareness, sentience, I-ness, the witness, the observer, that part of the being that experiences all things, yet is not touched or altered by the experience - Destructive Uploading - Text by Steve Bowers
Reconstructing the mind of a human or other biont by disassembling their brain. - Neuro-fractal Patterning - Text by Todd Drashner
Science of using fractal patterns to influence the emotional or physical states of intelligent entities. - Neuropsychological Engineering - Text by Ryan B (Rynn)
Amending and improving the psychological state of a biological individual through neurotechnology - Polysophonce - Text by AI Vin, with additions by Steve Bowers
Entities that have multiple minds (some of which need not be fully sophont) operating in a single body. - Psychoempaths - Text by Steve Bowers
Psychopathic Empaths and Empai - Psychologist - Text by M. Alan Kazlev, from original by Robert J. Hall
One who studies and practices psychology, especially for the purpose of aiding other sophont beings. As well as understanding the workings of the mind in general, and assessment of an individual's ability, personality, and expected behavior under specific conditions, psychology is very useful in the treatment of the mentally or emotionally disturbed, in counselling, and in helping to maintain the well-being of a crew on an isolated orbital or deep space ship. Most psychologists tend to be superbright or transapient entities. Many ais show a good aptitude in psychology. - Upload - Text by Anders Sandberg in his Transhuman Terminology
[1] To transfer the consciousness and mental structure of a person from a biological (or other) matrix to an electronic or informational or virtual matrix.
[2] The resulting infomorph sentient; a type of virtual. - Uploading Technology, The Early History of - Text by Steve Bowers
The early history of Scions, Evocations, Destructive Uploading, and Copying.
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Development Notes
Text by M. Alan Kazlev; original write-up by Robert J. Hall
Initially published on 09 December 2001.
Initially published on 09 December 2001.
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