in my last blog I stated the following: “in coming blogs i shall address this question in more detail, identifying the possible role of the apical dentritic tufts of pyramidal cells in a dual interactive process.” i am beginning by posting an ai overview response to my question concerning the possibility that the immaterial cognitive mind interacts with the material components of the pyramidal columns, including the apical dendritic tufts: “within mainstream neuroscience, the cognitive mind does not ‘generate specified electromagnetic waves’ that interact back onto neurons through the air or via an external transmission source.” the response continued stating, “while the exact nature of this feedback loop is a heavily researched and debated topic in theoretical neuroscience, it is firmly established that layer 1 apical tufts serve as the primary receiving zones for the top-down signals that modulate this conscious processing.”
these comments confirm two things important to my research. First, mainstream neuroscientists deny the reality of dual interactionism, ATTRIBUTing ALL COGNITIVE ACTIVITY TO THE PHYSIOLOGY AND PHYSICS OF THE MATERIAL BRAIN AND ITS SYNAPTIC NETWORKS, MATERIAL REDUCTIONISM. SECOND, IT HAS BEEN “FIRMLY ESTABLISHED” THAT THERE IS A CRITICAL ROLE OF APICAL DENDRITIC TUFTS IN CONSCIOUS PROCESSING. MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF THE “TOP-DOWN SIGNALS” THAT MODULATE IT? SO IT IS MY CHARGE TO PRESENT EVIDENCE FOR DUALISM IN NEURAL PROCESSING AND INTERACTION. THE PREMISE PRESENTED IN MY TWO BOOKS AND NUMEROUS BLOGS IS COMPELLING FOR DUAL INTERACTIONISM, WHICH IS CAUSAL, BETWEEN THE COGNITIVE MIND, AN IMMATERIAL ENTITY, AND THE MATERIAL COMPONENTS OF THE NEURAL SYNAPTIC NETWORKS WHICH TRANSMIT ENCODED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES WITHIN ACTION POTENTIALS THAT ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO THINKING, CREATIVITY, ATTENTION, MOTOR RESPONSES AND OTHER SUCH NEURAL ACTIVITIES.