Karl H. Pribram
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Karl H. Pribram | |
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Born | |
Died | January 19, 2015 | (aged 95)
Alma mater | University of Chicago (B.S., 1938; M.D., 1941) |
Known for | Holonomic brain theory |
Spouse | Katherine Neville |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neuropsychology |
Website | karlpribram |
Karl H. Pribram (
To the general public, Pribram is best known for his development of the
Holonomic model
Neuropsychology |
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Pribram's 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 whose dendrites are entangled but not in direct contact (known as ephaptic signaling). 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 holography, as quanta of information he called a "holon", an energy-based concept of information. These wavelets[clarification needed] are used in quantum holography, the basis of MRI, PET scans and other image-processing procedures [citation needed].
Gabor wavelets are windowed
David Bohm 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.
Other contributions
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Pribram's neurobehavioral experiments established the composition of the limbic system and the executive functions of the prefrontal cortex. Pribram also discovered the sensory specific systems of the association cortex, and showed that these systems operate to organize the choices we make among sensory stimuli, not the sensing of the stimuli themselves.
His account of how his discoveries were made is in his book The Form Within which was published in 2013. It includes stories of his encounters with leading scientists and scholars of the day, and amusing stories like how he lost part of a finger when his hand was slammed down by the chimpanzee Washoe at the University of Oklahoma.
In 1999, he was the inaugural winner of the Dagmar and Václav Havel Award for uniting the sciences and the humanities. He died in 2015 in Virginia, aged 95.[1]
Stanford assault case
In 1975, Stanford University put Pribram on two years probation and lowered his salary following a university investigation into an alleged assault and other mistreatment of
Bibliography
- Miller, George; ISBN 0-03-010075-5.
- DeVore, Steven; Pribram, Karl (1985) The Neuropsychology of Achievement.[permanent dead link] Pleasanton, CA, SyberVision Systems. ASIN: B000M6COW4
- [1]Pribram, Karl H. (1969). Brain and behaviour. Hammondsworth: ISBN 0-14-080521-4.
- Pribram, Karl (1971). Languages of the brain; experimental paradoxes and principles in neuropsychology. ISBN 0-13-522730-5.
- [2][3]Pribram, Karl; Gill, Morton M. (1976). Freud's "Project" re-assessed: preface to contemporary cognitive theory and neuropsychology. ISBN 0-465-02569-2.
- Joye, S.R. (2017). The Little Book of Consciousness: Pribram's Holonomic Brain Theory and Bohm's Implicate Order, The Viola Institute, ISBN 978-0-9988785-4-6
- Pribram, Karl (1991). Brain and perception: holonomy and structure in figural processing. ISBN 0-89859-995-4.
- Globus, Gordon G.; Pribram, Karl H.; Vitiello, Giuseppe (2004-09-30). Brain And Being: At The Boundary Between Science, Philosophy, Language, And Arts (Advances in Consciousness Research, 58). John Benjamins Publishing Co. ISBN 1-58811-550-X.
- Pribram, Karl, ed. (1969). On the biology of learning. ISBN 0-15-567520-6.
- Pribram, Karl, & Broadbent, Donald (eds.) (1970). Biology of memory. ISBN 0-12-564350-0.)
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- Pribram, Karl, ed. (1994). Origins: brain and self organization. ISBN 0-8058-1786-7.
- King, Joseph, & Pribram, Karl (eds.) (1995). Scale in conscious experience: Is the brain too important to be left to the specialists to study?. ISBN 0-8058-2178-3.)
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- Pribram, Karl (2004). "Brain and Mathematics". Pari Center for New Learning. Archived from the original on 2007-11-09. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
- "Like Bohm, Karl Pribram sees the holographic nature of reality". The Ground of Faith. October 2003. Archived from the original on 2008-02-07. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
- Mishlove, Jeffrey (1998). "The Holographic Brain with Karl Pribram, MA; Ph.D." TWM.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
- Pribram, Karl (2013). The Form Within. Prospecta Press.
References
- ^ "Karl Pribram 1919–2015 « Karl Pribram".
- ^ Cummings, Judith (August 30, 1983). "Friends Say Feminist Heroine is Sincere if Eccentric". New York Times. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
External links
- "Comparison between Holographic Brain Theory and conventional models of neuronal computation" – academic paper on Pribram's work
- "Pribram Receives Havel Prize For His Work in Neuroscience" – news article
- "Winner 1998 Noetic Medal for Consciousness & Brain Research – For Lifetime Achievement"
- Global Lens Interview (Video)
- The implicate brain by Karl H. Pribram, karlhpribram.com
- Karl's Website karlhpribram.com