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CIP-MCI |
Cortical
Information Processing
in Mild
Cognitive Impairment |
B1.1.
Information,
Information Processes and Communication
“Cognitive
abilities (and disabilities) are functional properties of the individual that
are not directly observed but instead are inferred from … behavior ….
The four
major classes of cognitive functions have their analogues in the computer
operations of input, storage, processing (e.g. sorting, combining, relating data
in various ways), and output.” /M. D. Lezak 2004, 32, p 19-20/.
It is
surprising, that a scientist in a book on Neuropsychological Assessment uses the
example of computers to describe the cognitive functions.
The
statement of Norbert Wiener define the direction:
“Information
is Information, not matter or energy” /N. Wiener
1948, 31/
e.g.
information is crated by creatures in a creative process. Information is
subjective and can disappear in contrast to matter and energy.
Simplest
natural systems as the Bacterium Acinetobacter spec. are able to recognise the O2-content
in the wastewater in fuzzy manner and change the behavior for survival. No human
being is able to realise such task.
Planck's
constant is used
to describe minimal quantisation (h = 4.135 667 43 x 10 –15 eV s)
The Heisenberg
uncertainty principle states that one cannot assign with full precision
values for certain pairs of observable variables as the position and momentum of
a single object at the same time. These physical restrictions give hints for the
possible problems in IP. The development of IP and C in time is presented in
Fig. B1-1 /ICS1/.
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Reality
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Information
Processes IP
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Communication
C
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matter and energy
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0
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0
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+ first living systems as simplest cells
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IP as changes of the inner state and simple
reactions
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+ first brain
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2
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+ IP as dynamic changes of matter and energy
as carrier of information
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+ C by using body languages,
- primitive languages,
- spoken languages,
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+ technical systems
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3
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+ IP for static and long duration imprint of
information
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2
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+ C by written and printed information
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+ computer systems
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4
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+ storage, processing and worldwide
transmission of information by computer systems.
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3
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+ worldwide C for understanding &
knowledge transfer by using programming languages, descriptive languages and
natural languages.
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Fig.
B1-1: Development of Information Processes and Communications
In the
beginning was only matter and energy, no Information Processes, no Information
and no Communication. Now we are using Evolutionary Computer Systems for
Intelligence Amplification.