Autobiography of a BrainJason Tougaw

From David B’s Epileptic (Pantheon 2005, p. 168)

David B.. Epileptic, 2005

David B.. Epileptic, 2005

From David B’s Epileptic (Pantheon 2005, p. 168)

David B.. Epileptic, 2005

David B.. Epileptic, 2005

David B.. Epileptic, 2005

1. Developmental Selection: Synapses pruned during prenatal development.

2. Experiential Selection: “Use it or lose it.”

3. Reentry: “the ongoing, recursive interchange of parallel signals among brain areas.”

--Gerald Edelman, Wider than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness

Gerald Edelman, from Wider than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness (2004)

Autobiography of a BrainJason Tougaw

From David B’s Epileptic (Pantheon 2005, p. 168)