Towards a computational theory of experience

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 807-827

  Fekete, Tomer ^a   Edelman, Shimon ^b  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain activation; Clustering; Computation; Concept; Dynamics; Experience; Qualia; Representation; State space; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTATIONAL THEORY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; METRIC SYSTEM; QUALIA; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS;

COGNITION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER);

EID: 80051664067     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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