Title :
An attempt to provide a model of consciousness
Author :
Togawa, Tatsuo ; Ogawa, Mitsuhiro
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Med. & Dental Eng., Tokyo Med. & Dental Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A neural model based on the local coding hypothesis was proposed-a group of neurons, called cognitive neurons, and a barrier, called the exclusive connection, and it was shown that consciousness and related mental processes can be explained consistently
Keywords :
Hebbian learning; brain models; cognitive systems; encoding; neural nets; neurophysiology; barrier; consciousness model; exclusive connection; local coding hypothesis; neural model; related mental processes; Biomedical engineering; Cables; Decoding; Dentistry; Hebbian theory; Neurons; Neurotransmitters; Recruitment;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.579781
