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Author & Title: Salvatore Leonardi, Cognitive circuits (2008).

Abstract:

The hypothesis formulated here is that the mind works through a circuital net that has an unlimited number of  “logic circuits” (If → then… hypothesis → movement → verification … if →). The logic structure of these circuits is established by the activation times of the net’s inner elements. After the first element, the anticipation of the second element occurs, which is followed by a motion (or shift) and the verification of the anticipation. The elements of the logic circuits are the relation, interrelation and association structures of the “what” pathway and the “where” pathway, both anticipated and verified. The memory of these structures is located in the anterior and posterior areas of the cortex. The perceptual memory of the “what” and “where” structures is located in the posterior areas; the functional memory, for the same structures, is located in the anterior areas

Riassunto:

In questo saggio si formula l’ipotesi che la mente funzioni attraverso una rete circuitale. Tale rete è caratterizzata da una innumerevole serie di “circuiti logici” (Se → allora… ipotesi → movimento → verifica … se →). La struttura logica di tali circuiti è determinata dai tempi di attivazione degli elementi interni alla rete stessa. Dopo il primo elemento, avviene l’anticipazione del secondo, cui segue un movimento (o passaggio) e la verifica dell’anticipazione. Gli elementi dei circuiti logici concernono strutture di relazione, interrelazione ed associazione concernenti il “che cosa” ed il “dove”, ambedue anticipati e verificati. La memoria di tali strutture è conservata in aree posteriori ed anteriori della corteccia. Nelle aree posteriori è conservata la memoria percettiva relativa alle strutture del “che cosa” e del “dove”; nelle aree anteriori è conservata la memoria “funzionale” relativa alle medesime strutture.

Keywords: Logic circuit, cognitive function, “where” pathway, “what pathway”, functional memory, perceptual memory, cognitive synthesis, correlation, interrelation, association, anticipation, hypothesis, movement, verification

 

 

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