Confabulation Theory: The Mechanism of Thought

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Confabulation Theory: The Mechanism of Thought

Publisher: Springer
Number Of Pages: 245
Publication Date: 2007-07
Sales Rank: 748154
ISBN / ASIN: 3540496033
EAN: 9783540496038
Binding: Hardcover
Manufacturer: Springer
Studio: Springer

Confabulation theory addresses the premier scientific question: How does brain information processing, or cognition, work? Cognition is an outgrowth of movement: brain modules, discrete bodies of neuronal tissue which function like muscles, evolved specifically to exploit pre-existing neuronal muscle-control mechanisms and were successfully redeployed to carry out all types of cognition in macroscopic animals.

Each brain module describes one attribute, via activation of one of many symbols, collections of specialized neurons. An individual axonal knowledge link unidirectionally connects a source symbol in a module with a second meaningfully co-occurring target symbol in a second module. A module receiving knowledge links from symbols on other modules can be commanded to 'contract,' confabulate, yielding a single active conclusion symbol, that symbol having the highest level of summed incoming knowledge link excitations. Multiconfabulation, multiple modules confabulating while mutually communicating via knowledge links, involves massively parallel application of knowledge links. When a module reaches a conclusion, action commands axonally connected from that conclusion are instantly launched, causing all nonreflexive and nonautonomic behavior. The power of cognition derives from the massive parallel application of knowledge, the interoperability of knowledge links across attributes, and the context-sensitive triggering of new behaviors, or amendments to ongoing behaviors.

Confabulation theory will profoundly impact research into animal, human, and machine cognition. This book is the first detailed, comprehensible scientific presentation of the theory, and it's suitable for self-study or as the basis for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in neuroscience, computational intelligence, cognitive science, linguistics, and psychology. With only elementary mathematics as a prerequisite, technologists, scientists, and the educated public will find the book accessible. The attached DVDs provide courseware, including an extended introductory video lecture presenting the theory.

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