I'm studying something that takes an effort of concentration such as heidegger's philosophy. rising out of that concentrated thought as if by association is a specific location out in the world. the association is such that when some aspects of heidegger's philosophy come back into my mind, so does the location. there is no wider connection between the concept and location except what is automatically given. locations are usually in Auckland because I've lived there a long time and know it - so they're familiar sites in a personal mental cartography. is there a neurological basis - concepts are distinct and differentiated so each has a 'place?' also. locations are from a particular point of view - like facing north or west,.
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Hi.
There is a growing body of research that suggests that there may be a neurological basis for the association between concepts and locations. One theory is that this association is related to the way the brain processes and stores information.
According to this theory, the brain organizes information into categories, and each category is associated with a particular neural network. When we think about a concept, the corresponding neural network is activated, and this activation may spread to other related neural networks.
In the case of your personal mental cartography, it is possible that the activation of a particular concept in Heidegger's philosophy is spreading to other related concepts, including memories of specific locations in Auckland. This association may be strengthened over time through repetition and reinforcement.
The fact that the locations are from a particular point of view, such as facing north or west, may also be related to the way the brain organizes spatial information. Different regions of the brain are responsible for processing different aspects of spatial information, such as direction and orientation.
Overall, while the exact neurological mechanisms behind this association are not yet fully understood, there is evidence to suggest that there is a basis for it in the way the brain processes and stores information.
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