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Higher cognition and consciousness became the objective of intensive scienti?c studiesandoftenspiriteddebatesinthe pastdecades.Thebrainhasimmenselyc- plex structure and functionality,while our understandingof its operationis yet in its infancy. Some investigators declare that higher-level cognition and consciousness are ultimately beyond the realms of human scienti?c understanding and reasoning, and research into these areas is a futile exercise. Yet, the knowledge instinct deeply rootedinhumanactivitydrivesresearcherstowardexploringthemysteriesofhuman thought. These efforts lead to the development of increasingly sophisticated sci- ti?c methods of understanding the operation of brains and the very nature of c- sciousness. The studies rely on the immense amountof experimentaldata becoming available as the result of advanced brain monitoring techniques. The experimental techniquesrequire,in turn,the developmentofnovelmethodsoftheoreticalanalysis and interpretation tools. Our work is part of these endeavors. This volume presents an in-depth overview of theoretical and experimental - proaches to cognitive dynamics and applications in designing intelligent devices. The research efforts leading to this book have started about 2 years ago when we embarked on organizing a series of special and invited sessions which took place in July 2006 at the World Congress of Computational Intelligence WCCI2006, in beautiful Vancouver, Canada. The talks covered various aspects of neurodynamics of higher-level cognitive behavior, consciousness, and modeling emotions. The main theme of this volume is the dynamics of higher cognitive functions.

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Author:   Leonid I. Perlovsky ,  Robert Kozma
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.581kg
ISBN:  

9783642092329

ISBN 10:   3642092322
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   22 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Neurodynamics of Cognition and Consciousness.- Neurodynamics of Cognition and Consciousness.- Neurocognition and Human Consciousness.- Proposed Cortical “Shutter” Mechanism in Cinematographic Perception.- Toward a Complementary Neuroscience: Metastable Coordination Dynamics of the Brain.- The Formation of Global Neurocognitive State.- Neural Dynamic Logic of Consciousness: the Knowledge Instinct.- Using ADP to Understand and Replicate Brain Intelligence: The Next Level Design?.- Neurodynamics of Intentional Behavior Generation.- How Does the Brain Create, Change, and Selectively Override its Rules of Conduct?.- Cognitive Computing for Sensory Perception.- Shape Recognition Through Dynamic Motor Representations.- A Biologically Inspired Dynamic Model for Object Recognition.- A Brain-Inspired Model for Recognizing Human Emotional States from Facial Expression.- Engineering Applications of Olfactory Model from Pattern Recognition to Artificial Olfaction.- Recursive Nodes with Rich Dynamics as Modeling Tools for Cognitive Functions.- Giving Meaning to Cycles to Go Beyond the Limitations of Fixed Point Attractors.- Complex Biological Memory Conceptualized as an Abstract Communication System–Human Long Term Memories Grow in Complexity during Sleep and Undergo Selection while Awake.- Nonlinear High-Order Model for Dynamic Synapse with Multiple Vesicle Pools.

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