Transcript Neural Networking

NEURAL NETWORKING
NEURONS
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Most people assume the
brain is hard-wired,
meaning that is like a
light switch and when
you turn on the switch
it goes on. In reality a
single neuron does not
always produce the
same outcome. We can
prove this today by
using a few
experiments.
EXPERIMENT #1
Toe
Touching
 Materials:
Blindfold,
bare foot
and a pen.
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Experimenters - Make a table like this with 15
rows
Toe Touched
Toe Participant
Thinks Touched
EXPERIMENT #1
Get
with a partner.
 At this time have your partner
take off his/her shoe and put
their foot somewhere easy to
access.
 Then have them put on the
blindfold.
EXPERIMENT #1
Using a pen
only touch the
second, third
and fourth toe.
 Touch them
with a pen tip,
not sufficient
to move the
toe but enough
to make a
mark or
depress the
skin.
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3
2
EXPERIMENT #1
Pause between each touch.
 Record which toe you touched, and
which toe the student thinks was
touched. Do this 15 times.
Example:
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Toe Touched
Toe Participant
Thinks Touched
1
Third Toe
Third Toe
2
Second toe
Third toe
EXPERIMENT #2
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The participant in the last experiment, will now
be the experimenter.
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Experimenters - Make a table like this.
Correct
Incorrect
Finger
Finger
Moved/Pen Moved/Pen
Correct
Finger
Moved/No
Pen
Incorrect
Finger
Moved/No
Pen
EXPERIMENT #2
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With the participants hands interlaced, the experimenter
lightly touched the finger he wants the participant to move.
Later, with the participants hands interlaced, the
experimenter points to the finger (not touching) he wants
the participant to move.
Try not to pause during the experiment. The faster you go
the more errors.
Try each 10 times and record results.
Correct
Incorrect
Finger
Finger
Moved/Pen Moved/Pen
4
5
Correct
Finger
Moved/No
Pen
Incorrect
Finger
Moved/No
Pen
6
9
FINAL QUESTION
How
accurate was
the participant in the
experiment? Why?