Dynamical system with plastic self-organized velocity field as an alternative conceptual model of a cognitive system.

ABSTRACT: It is well known that architecturally the brain is a neural network, i.e. a collection of many relatively simple units coupled flexibly. However, it has been unclear how the possession of this architecture enables higher-level cognitive functions, which are unique to the brain. Here, we consider the brain from the viewpoint of dynamical systems theory and hypothesize that the unique feature of the brain, the self-organized plasticity of its architecture, could represent the means of enabling the self-organized plasticity of its velocity vector field. We propose that, conceptually, the principle of cognition could amount to the existence of appropriate rules governing self-organization of the velocity field of a dynamical system with an appropriate account of stimuli. To support this hypoth

SUBMITTER: Janson NB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5717027 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature