Neural transmission‐errors, cerebral arousability and hemisphericity

Abstract

Suggests that the arousability theory of intelligence and personality of Robinson (1996) lacks two important factors: the influence of neural transmission errors and of hemisphericity on intelligence and personality. It is considered that at least two factors contribute to intelligence. The first factor is the potential energetic level of Hebb’s engrams, which may be related to arousability. The second factor is the probability of neural transmission errors. It is suggested that the theory of H.J. Eysenck, that a neural message is sent repeatedly until it is accepted identically a certain number of times, which is smaller for more intelligent subjects, is correct.

Temporal and simultaneous processing in the brain: a possible cellular basis of cognition

“…Its purpose is to characterize some fundamental neurological factors which underly several, if not all, of the cognitive functions. We have suggested in previous studies (Fidelman, 1998a; 1999a) two such factors.…”

“…Another factor suggested in the earlier studies (Fidelman, 1998a; 1999a) is the probability of neural transmission errors at individual synapses. If the quantity of available transmitter is too large, there may be an increase in the post synaptic dendritic potential even if the presynaptic neuron did not fire (for example, due to remains of the transmitter).…”

“…The findings of Papcun et al may be interpreted as indicating that Miller's chunking is performed by the right hemisphere, which includes more cells and more engrams (at least in male subjects) for representing the larger number of items. An extended discussion is presented in Fidelman (1999a).…”

Creativity: relation to neural transmission errors

“…Our theory of psychometric intelligence is that high IQ is related to a small probability of transmission errors in the central neural system (Hendrickson and Hendrickson, 1982;Eysenck and Eysenck, 1985;Fidelman, 1999Fidelman, , 2001. The Hendricksons found a positive correlation between high IQ and low probability of neural transmission errors.…”

Intelligence quotient and perceptual ability: an inter-relationship based on brainwave power ratio features

“…Studies have confirmed that subjects with higher IQ level demonstrate higher probability of error-less transmissions due to the well-functioning excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters. The low constant probability of transmission errors result in smaller deviation of rhythmic EEG [9] and are reflected in higher alpha power [10]. Concurrently, intelligent individuals exhibit low cerebral arousability due to inhibition of brainstem to external excitations.…”