A computational model for conscious visual perception and figure/ground separation

BIOSIGNALS 2011 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-Inspired Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 112-118

  Ebner, Marc ^a   Hameroff, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Figure ground segmentation; Gamma oscillation; Gap junctions; Lateral coupling; Spiking neurons

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; FIGURE/GROUND SEGMENTATION; GAMMA-OSCILLATION; GAP-JUNCTIONS; LATERAL-COUPLING; SPIKING NEURON;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 79960213409     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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