?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Mental+Database&rft.creator=Brown%2C+Mr+Kenneth+H.&rft.subject=Biophysics&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.description=This+article+uses+database%2C+evolution+and+physics+considerations+to+suggest+how+the+mind+stores+and+processes+its+data.+Its+innovations+in+its+approach+lie+in%3A-%0A+A)+The+comparison+between+the+capabilities+of+the+mind+to+those+of+a+modern+relational+database+while+conserving+phenomenality.+The+strong+functional+similarity+of+the+two+systems+leads+to+the+conclusion+that+the+mind+may+be+profitably+described+as+being+a+mental+database.+The+need+for+material%2Fmental+bridging+and+addressing+indexes+is+discussed.+%0A+B)+The+consideration+of+what+neural+correlates+of+consciousness+(NCC)+between+sensorimotor+data++and+instrumented+observation+one+can+hope+to+obtain+using+current+biophysics.+It+is+deduced+that+what+is+seen+using+the+various+brain+scanning+methods+reflects+only+that+part+of+current+activity+transactions+(e.g.+visualizing)+which+update+and+interrogate+the+mind%2C+but+not+the+contents+of+the+integrated+mental+database+which+constitutes+the+mind+itself.+This+approach+yields+reasons+why+there+is+much+neural+activity+in+an+area+to+which+a+conscious+function+is+ascribed+(e.g.+the+amygdala+is+associated+with+fear)%2C+yet+there+is+no+visible+part+of+its+activity+which+can+be+clearly+identified+as+phenomenal.+%0AThe+concept+is+then+situated+in+a+Penrosian+expanded+physical+environment%2C+requiring+evolutionary+continuity%2C+modularity+and+phenomenality.Several+novel+Darwinian+advantages+arising+from+the+approach+are+described.+%0A&rft.date=2005-12&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4521%2F1%2FMDNICogPrintsText.pdf&rft.identifier=++Brown%2C+Mr+Kenneth+H.++(2005)+The+Mental+Database.++%5BPreprint%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4521%2F