Grounding Mental Representations in a Virtual Multi-Level Functional Framework

ABSTRACT: According to the associative theory of learning, reactive behaviors described by stimulus-response pairs result in the progressive wiring of a plastic brain. In contrast, flexible behaviors are supposedly driven by neurologically grounded mental states that involve computations on informational contents. These theories appear complementary, but are generally opposed to each other. The former is favored by neuro-scientists who explore the low-level biological processes supporting cognition, and the later by cognitive psychologists who look for higher-level structures. This situation can be clarified through an analysis that independently defines abstract neurological and informational functionalities, and then relate them through a virtual interface. This framework is validated through a mo

SUBMITTER: Bonzon P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9838229 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature