BRINGING CONSCIOUSNESS TO COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE: A COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
A. Samsonovich
Trans. SDPS 2007 DOI: 10.3233/jid-2007-11303 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that the attractor, neural code, and supervenience hypotheses are unverified foundational assumptions in cognitive neuroscience, and proposes that a scientific paradigm change is needed; preliminary results suggest a roadmap for this transformation. |
Abstract
This paper focuses on three connected to each other fundamental beliefs that appear to be unconsciously taken for granted at the basis of modern cognitive neuroscience: (i) the attractor hypothesis, (ii) the neural code hypothesis, and (iii) the supervenience hypothesis about human subjective experience. Their precise understanding and experimental verification is an important challenge that calls for a scientific paradigm change and needs to be addressed for future progress in cognitive neuroscience. The work presents a theoretical analysis and preliminary experimental and modeling results that suggest a roadmap to solving the challenge.