Communication as an Emergent Metaphor for Neuronal Operation
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Author
Nasuto, S.J.
Dautenhahn, K.
Bishop, J. M.
Attention
2299/1947
Abstract
The conventional computational description of brain operations has to be understood in a metaphorical sense. In this paper arguments supporting the claim that this metaphor is too restrictive are presented. A new metaphor more accurately describing recently discovered emergent characteristics of neuron functionality is proposed and its implications are discussed. A connectionist system fitting the new paradigm is presented and its use for attention modelling briefly outlined.