Chapter 10. Connectionist Neuroarchitectures in Cognition and Consciousness Theory Based on Integrative (Synchronization) Mechanisms
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications July 21, 2023 Harald Maurer
Cognitive neuroarchitectures, developed since the mid-1980s within connectionism, are theoretical models that explain perceptual and linguistic performances of self-organizing neuronal networks in the human brain, addressing the binding problem. Neurocognition is organized by integrative phase synchronization mechanisms that orchestrate information flow in networks with positive and negative feedback loops across subcortical and cortical areas. This dynamic perspective bridges the gap between discrete, abstract symbolic descriptions of propositions and their continuous, numerical modeling. By conceptualizing these architectures as nonlinear dynamical systems, they enable more accurate modeling of cognitive processes using neurodynamics in abstract n-dimensional phase spaces.