Karl H. Pribram From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not to be confused with Karl Přibram, economist. Karl H. Pribram Karl Pribram in Kepler Museum, Prague, 2010. Born 25 February 1919 (age 95) Vienna, Austria Fields Neuroscience Alma mater University of Chicago (B.S., 1938) University of Chicago (M.D., 1941) Known for Holonomic brain theory Influences Sir Charles Sherrington, Karl Lashley, Dennis Gabor Spouse Katherine Neville Karl H. Pribram (born February 25, 1919 in Vienna)[1] is a professor at Georgetown University, in the United States, and an emeritus professor of psychology and psychiatry at Stanford University and distinguished professor at Radford University.[1] Board-certified as a neurosurgeon, Pribram did pioneering work on the definition of the limbic system, the relationship of the frontal cortex to the limbic system, the sensory-specific association cortex of the parietal and temporal lobes, and the classical motor cortex of the human brain. He worked with Karl Lashley at the Yerkes Primate Center of which he was to become director later. He was professor at Yale University for ten years and at Stanford University for thirty years. To the general public, Pribram is best known for his development of the holonomic brain model of cognitive function and his contribution to ongoing neurological research into memory, emotion, motivation and consciousness. He is married to American best selling author Katherine Neville. Contents [hide] 1 Holonomic model 2 Other contributions 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 External links Holonomic model[edit] Main article: Holonomic brain theory Neuropsychology Topics[show] Brain functions[show] People[show] Tests[show] Mind and brain portal v t e Pribrams holonomic model of brain processing is described in his 1991 Brain and Perception, which contains the extension of his work with David Bohm. It states that, in addition to the circuitry accomplished by the large fiber tracts in the brain, processing also occurs in webs of fine fiber branches (for instance, dendrites) that form webs, as well as in the dynamic electrical fields that surround these dendritic trees. In addition, the processing occurring around these dendritic trees can influence that occurring in those trees of nearby neurons with which whose dendrites are entangled but not in direct contact. In this way, processing in the brain can occur in a non-localized manner. This type of processing is properly described by Dennis Gabor, the inventor of hologram, as quanta of information he called a holon, an energy-based concept of information. These wavelets are used in quantum holography, the basis of MRI, PET scans and other image processing procedures. Gabor wavelets are windowed Fourier transforms that convert complex spatial (and temporal) patterns into component waves whose amplitudes at their intersections become reinforced or diminished. Fourier processes are the basis of holography. Holograms can correlate and store a huge amount of information - and have the advantage that the inverse transform returns the results of correlation into the spatial and temporal patterns that guide us in navigating our universe. David Bohm had suggested that were we to view the cosmos without the lenses that outfit our telescopes, the universe would appear to us as a hologram. Pribram extended this insight by noting that were we deprived of the lenses of our eyes and the lens like processes of our other sensory receptors, we would be immersed in holographic experiences.
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