1. Human Multi-level (“Brain Stack”) Framework
Additional Description
Components
Spatial Scale
Social Neuroscience
(Neuro-anthropology) [
m:n (many:many)
Global/Nation-States ]
(MM:
million)
Evolution-driven
Socio-Political
(Geographical/Cyber) [
1:n (one:many)
Regional/cities ]
Evolution/macro-plasticity
km-MMm
Human Interaction
(Physical/Electronic) [
Human Behavioral Levels
1:1 (one:one)
“mirror neurons” ]
Evolution-driver
dm-MMm
Macroscopic [ [
1:self
Emotion
Language
Decision making
(“Thin/thick slices”)
Attention/awareness
Sleep/awake [
Cognitive/
Psychological
(Whole Brain)
Conscious sublevel
(presentation sublevel)
Emotional/Rational/
Innerthought
1 m [
Unconscious processing ]
Cortical hemispheres
Cerebral cortex (ACC,PFC, etc.)
Thalamus/sensory afferents
Hippocampus-working memory
Sensorimotor system
Neurophysiological
(Anatomical “maps”)
“Network of Networks”/CNS
1cm-dm [ ]
Information-Theoretic/System Levels
Mesoscopic
Network
(1k neuron) Mini-columns
Neo-cortical columns (10-100k)
Synfire chains
Communication/System sublevels
1cm-dm
- Human interaction/behavioral levels
-Impact of the internet on human evolution [ ]
Cortical microcircuits
Thalamocortical circuits
Circuit
Macrodynamics
1mm-cm [ ] [ ]
Neuronal
Synaptic
Interneuronal sublevel
Synaptic/axonal/dendritic
Myelination/ganglia
Cellular microdynamic level
Spike time dependent plasticity/Learning
1 μ -100 μ
Physical/Coding Levels
Microscopic [ ] [
Neurogenetic sublevel
Physical/coding sublevel
Neuromodulators
Proteins
Amino Acids ]
1 Å
Molecular
Closed System Interconnect Model
Jerome Swartz, December 2006