Karl Pribram: the holographic brain

[Evgenii Rudnyi]

I once have heard that Karl Pribram has a theory of a holographic brain
and decided to read his latest book

Karl H Pribram, The Form Within: My Point of View.

Unfortunately I was unable to understand his theory, as for me the book
was too eclectic. One quote that I like is below, but I have failed to
understand how he has come exactly to such a conclusion based on
neuroscience.

Does someone here know his theory? Is there somewhere a better
description of his ideas as in his book?

Evgenii
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http://blog.rudnyi.ru/tag/karl-h-pribram

p. 531-532 “Most important, ‘in ancient times’ we navigated our world
and discovered experiences in ourselves that reflected what we observed
in the world: We woke at sunrise and slept at sunset. We were intimately
connected at every level with the cycles of nature. This process was
disrupted by the Copernican revolution, by its aftermaths in biology –
even by our explorations of quantum physics and cosmology – and in the
resulting interpretations of our personal experiences. But today, once
again, we have rediscovered that it is we who observe our cosmos and are
aware that we observe; that it is we who observe our navigation of our
world and observe our own observations.”

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Pribram's work comes for over 20 years ago, and it doesn't seem to be a hot topic of neuroscience. It may be fact but it has not seemed to illuminate any one else studying the brain. I am interested in this sort of thing, as you apparently are. Non-traditionalist hypotheses about consciousness need exploration. There is also, Hameroff, Tuczyinski's, and Penrose's theory of the mind, is certainly worth considering. One can come up with variations on their theme. A holographic theory of the universe, may also have purchase, with consciousness, via entanglement-or it may all prove useless. But, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

p. 531-532 “Most important, ‘in ancient times’ we navigated our world 
and discovered experiences in ourselves that reflected what we observed 
in the world: We woke at sunrise and slept at sunset. We were intimately 
connected at every level with the cycles of nature. This process was 
disrupted by the Copernican revolution, by its aftermaths in biology – 
even by our explorations of quantum physics and cosmology – and in the 
resulting interpretations of our personal experiences. But today, once 
again, we have rediscovered that it is we who observe our cosmos and are 
aware that we observe; that it is we who observe our navigation of our 
world and observe our own observations.”

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