?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Mental+Databases&rft.creator=Brown%2C+Mr+Ken&rft.subject=Biophysics&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.description=This+article+uses+coordinated+database%2C+physics+and+evolutionary+considerations+to+suggest+how+the+mind+stores+and+processes+its+data.+%0AA)+The+comparison+is+made+between+the+capabilities+of+the+mind+and+those+of+a+modern+relational+database+while+conserving+phenomenality.+The+strong+structural+similarity+of+the+two+systems+leads+to+the+conclusion+that+the+mind+may+be+profitably+described+as+being+a+network+of+%E2%80%9Cmental+databases%E2%80%9D+(i.e.+databases+with+phenomenal+capability).+This+is+the+MD+hypothesis.+The+need+for+bidirectional+material-to-mental+bridging+and+addressing+indexes+is+shown.+This+is+the+Neural+Index+(NI)+hypothesis.+The+MD+and+NI+hypotheses+taken+together+constitute+the+MDNI+hypothesis.%0AB)+A+strength+shown+by+the+MDNI+theory+is+that+it+engenders+proposals+for+answering+questions+relating+to+gaps+in+current+knowledge.+Among+others%2C+examples+are%3A+%0AQuestion+1)+How+does+the+brain+show+such+plasticity+in+repairing+injuries%3F+Answer+1)+By+recreating+indexes+from+protected+mental+data.+%0AQ2)+What+are+the+Darwinian+advantages+of+consciousness%3F+A2)+Economy+of+material+resources+such+as+brain+weight+and+facilitation+of+evolution%2C+among+others.%0AQ3)+Why+can%E2%80%99t+the+NCC+of+phenomenal+events%2C+such+as+the+feeling+of+pain%2C+be+seen+through+scanning+and+other+brain+activity+investigation+methods%3F+A3)+They+take+place+in+the+mental+domain.%0AQ4)+Is+consciousness+causal+or+epiphenomenal%3F+A4)+Causal.%0AC)+The+MDNI+hypothesis+is+situated+in+a+Penrosian+expanded+physical+environment+requiring+Darwinian+evolutionary+continuity%2C+modularity+and+phenomenality.+This+last+property+cannot+in+principle+be+generated+or+even+simulated+in+Turing+machines+(i.e.+all+digital+computers)+modeling+the+brain%2C+however+much+complexity%2C+multiprocessing+and+interconnection+takes+place.+The+MDNI+hypothesis+is+shown+to+contribute+to+the+clarification+of+other+matters+concerning+the+brain%2Fmind%2C+such+as+its+stability%2C+causality+and+binding+capabilities.+It+is+also+used+to+give+a+new+interpretation+of+Libet%E2%80%99s+work.+The+concept+of+the+progressive+%E2%80%9Cemergence%E2%80%9D+of+consciousness+as+biological+evolution+advanced+is+shown+to+be+false+because+consciousness+must+have+existed+from+a+relatively+early+period+in+brain+evolution.%0AD)+The+question+of+what+neural+correlates+of+consciousness+(NCC)+between+sensorimotor+data+and+instrumented+observation+one+can+hope+to+obtain+using+current+biophysics+is+investigated.+It+is+deduced+that+what+is+seen+using+the+various+brain+investigation+methods+reflects+only+that+material+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+the+brain%E2%80%99s+electromagnetic+or+quantum+activity+which+can+be+clearly+identified+as+phenomenal.%0A&rft.date=2006-12&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5294%2F1%2FMDNIText.pdf&rft.identifier=++Brown%2C+Mr+Ken++(2006)+The+Mental+Databases.++%5BPreprint%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5294%2F