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NancyLebovitz comments on Thermodynamics of Intelligence and Cognitive Enhancement - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 04 April 2014 08:22:32PM 0 points [-]

Fair point. This should be checked. On the other hand, does it seem likely that if the brain uses less energy in one part because it's doing a familiar task, the rest of the brain will use more energy to compensate?

Comment author: ChristianKl 04 April 2014 09:01:39PM 0 points [-]

It could be simply that when the brain does a familiar task other brain regions are activated then when it's not doing a familiar task.

Given what I learned in university physiology lectures the body also regulates to try to keep the amount of energy used by the brain constant. The brain is complex.