Basic system level diagram of the brain

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More on the “orange part” of the block diagram here:

Low level processing in the old brain

I have posted several times offering that the lower-level control structures work something like a Boltzmann or Hopfield network. I would like to expand on this concept. Let’s start with the basics. In the brainstem processing, we have many body sensors that sample blood-based messengers such as osmotic concentration or glucose levels. All of the body sensations also pass through these systems and provide additional information on the outside environment. It is the job of these low-level contr…