The human Turing machine: A neural framework for mental programs

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 293-300

  Zylberberg, Ariel ^a   Dehaene, Stanislas ^b,c   Roelfsema, Pieter R ^d,e   Sigman, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b DIF   (France)

^c Paris Sciences et Lettres   (France)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL PROCESSING; MOTOR ACTIONS; NEURAL-PROCESSING; PARALLEL COMPUTATION; SERIAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

TURING MACHINES;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TURING MACHINE; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; GLOBAL NEURONAL WORKSPACE MODEL; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS;

EID: 79959875098     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.05.007     Document Type: Review

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