A diagram of the
brain systems thought by Gerald Edelman to underlie your consciousness,
from his book
Wider Than The Sky:
A diagram of a particular eye reflex systemcalled
the three neuron arc:
This system is responsible for your vestibulo-ocular
reflex, which stabilizes images on the retina during head
movement by producing an eye movement in the opposite direction.
If your head turns to the left, your eyes turn automatically
to the right, and vice versa. Sometimes people call this the
'doll's-eye' reflex.
For many imaginative visual representations of
the brain's workings, see Marvin
Minsky's ahead-of-its-time book The Society Of Mind. See
especially Jared Fishman's groovy Nemulator.
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