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The Brain's Images: Co-Constructing Reality and Self

Paul Grobstein
Bryn Mawr College
11th Annual Usability Professionals Association
11 August 2002


From the "reflex machine" to the brain as a semi-autonomous, evolving, creative agent
Finding complexity/change ...



... finding the idiosyncratic explorer/story teller/"painter" ...

Adding mood, expectations of input, learning

Yeah, yeah, but what about the self, and the sky?