Conscious cognition and blackboard architectures
Behavioral and Brain Sciences February 1, 2006 DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x06229029 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 5 |
| Key points | Argues that van der Velde and de Kamps neglect the global workspace theory literature, which links blackboard architectures to consciousness and voluntary control and integrates brain and behavioral evidence to reach converging conclusions. |
Abstract
van der Velde & de Kamps make a case for neural blackboard architectures to address four questions raised by human language. Unfortunately, they neglect a sizable literature relating blackboard architectures to other fundamental cognitive questions, specifically consciousness and voluntary control. Called “global workspace theory,” this literature integrates a large body of brain and behavioral evidence to come to converging conclusions.