Human Multi-level (

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Human Multi-level (Brain Stack) Framework
Level
Components
Additional Description
Spatial Scale
(MM million)
Social Neuroscience (Neuro-anthropology)
mn (manymany) Global/Nation-States


Evolution-driven
Socio-Political (Geographical/Cyber)


1n (onemany) Regional/cities
km-MMm
Evolution/macro-plasticity
Human Interaction (Physical/Electronic)

11 (oneone) mirror neurons

Human Behavioral Levels
Evolution-driver
dm-MMm
Macroscopic

Emotion Language Decision making (Thin/thick
slices) Attention/awareness Sleep/awake
1self
Conscious sublevel (presentation sublevel)
Cognitive/ Psychological (Whole Brain)
Emotional/Rational/ Innerthought
1 m


Unconscious processing
Cortical hemispheres Cerebral cortex (ACC,PFC,
etc.) Thalamus/sensory afferents Hippocampus-worki
ng memory Sensorimotor system
Neurophysiological (Anatomical maps)
Network of Networks/CNS
1cm-dm


Information-Theoretic/System Levels
(1k neuron) Mini-columns Neo-cortical columns
(10-100k) Synfire chains
Mesoscopic
Network
Communication/System sublevels
1cm-dm


Cortical microcircuits Thalamocortical circuits
Circuit
Macrodynamics
1mm-cm




Interneuronal sublevel Synaptic/axonal/dendritic M
yelination/ganglia
Neuronal Synaptic
Cellular microdynamic level Spike time dependent
plasticity/Learning
1 µ -100 µ
Microscopic
Physical/Coding Levels





Neuromodulators Proteins Amino Acids
Neurogenetic sublevel Physical/coding sublevel
1 Å
Molecular
Closed System Interconnect Model
Jerome Swartz, December 2006