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From: vanbelle@maplesoft.on.ca (Terry Van Belle)
Subject: Re: Neuronal Group Selection
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In article <805831994snz@whitestn.demon.co.uk>,
Bob Mottram  <Bob@whitestn.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>  Earlier this year I read a couple of books by Gerald Edelman, 'Neural
>Darwinism' and 'The Remembered Present', in which he described a
>theory of Neuronal Group Selection (basically applying the idea of
>Darwinian natural selection to the brain).
>
>I was especially interested in the 'Darwin' series of computer simulations
>described in these books, which were used in order to demonstrate the
>theory in action.
>
>I would like to know whether this research has continued, and if so
>where I might be able to find more recent information.

Last I heard he was somewhere around Darwin IV with a real robot, but I
don't have a solid reference to give you.  You might want to look up

Edelman, G.M., "Neural Darwinism:  selection and reentrant signaling
in higher brain function", Neuron, 10(2), Feb. 1993

for pointers to articles.

Terry

