Discover the brain's imaginary origins

A new study reveals how the brain thinks or creates new tools and creates art, which can be useful for improving artificial intelligence.

Mr. Schlegel said: "The more you understand how to operate the brain, the more you will know how to build machines".

Research by Alex Schlegel, Department of Neurology and Cognition at Dartmouth University, Germany, shows that human imagination comes from a network of collecting information, images and symbols throughout the brain. Previously this theory has been raised but recently scientists have given practical evidence.

Creativity in art, science, music and many other areas requires the ability to combine different forms of thinking to form new ones.

Research results can be helpful in improving artificial intelligence.(Artwork: Blogspot)

"When you start implementing complex cognitive behavior such as imagination or creative thinking, not only is the area responsible for handling this work, but the whole brain is responsible for transmitting information. ' LiveScience quoted Schelgel as saying.

Researchers also focus on visual forms of imagination. Schlegel and colleagues asked volunteers to imagine certain shapes and control them by combining them with other shapes or breaking them in thought. MRI MRI captures all brain activity.

The results show that a wide network of the brain participates in the imaginary process. The occipital lobe shells, after the cortex, the posterior lobes, the prefrontal cortex are the four main parts of the brain core that control the image, involve the process, the concentration and regulate the visual function.

Some other areas of the brain are also involved in the process. This shows that a wide network works simultaneously, supporting each other.

Previous studies have shown that the image processing area of ​​the brain is also involved in image creation. However, new research shows that the brain not only creates images but also changes them.

According to Schlegel, the study of imagination shows that people are different than other animals

Research results can be helpful in improving artificial intelligence. Computers do a great job of it, but can't see real things or think creatively. Mr. Schlegel said that "the more you understand how the brain works, the more you will know how to build machines".