Internet is the new discipline-Internet neuroscience

Liu Feng
Article Introduction: The Internet and neurology are two distant areas, the relationship is far deeper and closer than imagined, the relevant theoretical and practical basis established in the past 10 years, so that the intersection of these two areas can produce a new subject in the 21st century- Internet Neuroscience (Internet neurology)

One. Revolutionary technology leads to scientific breakthroughs

Every major technological change in human society will lead to a scientific revolution in new fields, and the era of great sailing has enabled humankind to see the diversity of organisms and the effects of isolated ecosystems on organisms. Both Darwin and Wallace followed the voyage of the fleet before discovering the evolutionary phenomenon of biology.

The great industrial revolution has greatly improved the use of power and the ability to observe. The first 100 years since the beginning of a major breakthrough in physics, laid the technical foundation. These breakthroughs include Newton's gravitation, Einstein's theory of relativity, and the building of quantum mechanics created by many scientists, all of which are related to "force" and "observation".

The impact of the Internet revolution on mankind has far surpassed the great industrial Revolution. Unlike the Industrial revolution, which enhances human power and vision, the Internet greatly enhances human intelligence and enriches human knowledge. and wisdom and knowledge are the most closely related to the brain.

Two. 7 years research history of Internet and neuroscience

From September 2008, the author and Professor Peng Geng of the University of Science and Technology published online paper "Discovery and analysis of Internet evolution Law", in 7 years, a total of 10 papers, monograph "Internet Evolution" a study of the relationship between the Internet and neuroscience in-depth discussion. Analyzing the mature structure of the Internet from a neurological point of view, it is abstracted into an organizational structure that is highly similar to the human brain-the internet virtual brain. Find and locate the Internet's virtual auditory, visual, sensory, motion nervous systems, virtual central nervous system, etc. Map out the virtual brain structure of the Internet, 1.

Figure 1 Internet virtual brain structure diagram

At the same time, we also suggest that if brain science has an important role to play in the future development of the Internet, then the evolving structure and function of the Internet will not be able to be the key to unlocking the mysteries of the brain, which, tens of thousands of years ago, contains the Internet architecture of today and tomorrow. In the field of Neurophysiology and neuropsychological studies, whether Google-like search engines can be found in the human brain, Facebook-like SNS, IPv4-like address-coding systems, Cisco-like routing systems.

Researchers from the United States and other countries began to notice the relationship between the Internet and brain science in 2012, and inNovember 2012 , the University of California, San Diego, Dmitri Krioukov, published a paper in the scientific report "Network Cosmology "suggests that the development and structure of internet and neural network are highly similar.

February 4, 2015 researchers from the University of Basel reported that neurons in the brain were linked together like a social network. Each nerve cell is connected to many other neurons, but only a handful of cells that are very similar to each other can create the strongest link. The findings are published in the journal Nature (Nature) on February 4, 2015.

Three. The present and research direction of Internet neuroscience

Internet and Neurology, the two original distant areas, the relationship is far deeper and closer than imagined, the relevant theoretical and practical basis established over the past 10 years, so that the intersection of these two areas can produce a new subject in the 21st century- Internet neuroscience (Internet neurology), We can define Internet neuroscience (Internet neurology)like this:

Based on the research results of neurology, it integrates the Internet hardware structure, software system, data and information, commercial application to construct the complete architecture of Internet, predicts the new functions and architectures that the Internet may produce along the neural pathways, and puts forward the research ideas according to the function structure that the Internet is constantly producing and stabilizing. Analyze the biological basis of consciousness, thought, intelligence and cognition of human brain, and study how the Internet and human brain structure interact with each other, shape each other, combine each other, and promote the cross relationship between the two giant systems.

If brain science and the Internet are both ends of the horizontal axis, physiology and psychology as the upper and lower sections of the ordinate, the Internet neurology will consist of four parts: Internet neurophysiology, Internet neuroscience, brain Internet physiology, brain Internet psychology, The cross-section between them will form the fifth component-Internet cognitive science, their relationship two shows.

Iv. Breaking the core secrets of the human race--5 components of Internet neuroscience

Internet neurophysiology (Internet neurophysiology) focuses on the basic functions and architectures of the internet based on neurology, including but not limited to the Internet CNS, Internet sensory nervous system, Internet motion Neural network, Internet autonomic nervous systems, Internet neural reflex arc, based on deep learning algorithms, using internet big data for image, sound, video recognition and other Internet AI processing mechanism.

Internet Neuroscience (Internet neuropsychology.) focuses on internet phenomena similar to neuro-psychology in the process of evolution to mature brain structure. including but not limited to the problem of Internet swarm intelligence, Internet emotional problems, the emergence and characteristics of Internet dreams, Internet IQ problems.

The Brain Internet physiology (Brain Internet Physiology) focuses on the presence of Internet-like functional structures in the brain, making the evolving Internet a reference point for deciphering the principles of brain biology, including but not limited to the class search engine mechanism in the brain. , the Internet routing mechanism in the brain, the class Ipv4/ipv6 mechanism in the brain, the interaction mechanism of the brain neuron-like social networks, the influence of human use of the Internet on the remodeling of the physiological structure of the brain.

The Brain Internet psychology (Brain Internet Psychology) focuses on the impact and remodeling of the internet on the human brain at the psychological level, including but not limited to internet addiction to users, the Internet's impact on users ' IQ, The impact of the Internet on user sentiment and social relationships, etc.

Internet of Cognitive Sciences (the Internet in Cognitive science) can be seen as the Internet neurophysiology, Internet neuropsychological, Brain Internet physiology, the combination of brain Internet psychology crossover, focusing on the internet and the brain two giant systems interacting , shape each other, combine with each other, evolve with mutual assistance, and thus produce deep-seated principles of wisdom, cognition, and emotion.

V. Establishment of new disciplines born in China:

Internet neuroscience, a new scientific theory based on the past 10 years of research, aims at two levels of physiology and psychology to cross-contrast the two areas of the Internet and brain science, thus creating a complete Internet architecture, predicting the future trends of the Internet, the structure and functioning of the brain, and intelligence, cognition, The principle of emotional production provides theoretical support.

As the Internet and brain science are in the process of high-speed development, according to the Internet and the new progress of brain science, the absorption of the rational components, so that it becomes the Internet neuroscience development of the first motive. At the same time, using the Internet neuroscience theory to predict the future of the Internet, the unknown structure and operating mechanism of the brain are proposed. According to the experimental structure, the theory of Internet neuroscience is optimized and adjusted, which becomes the second motive force of theoretical development.

This article is about the first detailed introduction and description of Internet neuroscience, it should be said that there are many imperfect places, hoping to get readers and experts to correct. According to the advice, will continue to revise, I believe that Internet neuroscience can become the 21st century internet era in China, the birth of a new subject. The next 5 parts of the Internet neuroscience will also be described in detail, making it a series of Internet neuroscience articles.

Internet is the new discipline-Internet neuroscience