A role for consciousness in action selection

International Journal of Machine Consciousness

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 471-482

  Bryson, Joanna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action selection; consciousness; inhibition; learning

Indexed keywords

ACTION SELECTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LEARNING; MACHINE INTELLIGENCE; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RESOURCE-BOUNDED; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 84872741817     PISSN: 17938430     EISSN: 17938473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793843012400276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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