Journal
COGNITIVE NEURODYNAMICS
Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 173-195Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11571-012-9229-6
Keywords
Emergence; Internal viewpoint; Recurrence; Recursive; Gamma; Theta; Microcircuit; Mesoscopic; Mushroom body
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Emergence is an idea that has received much attention in consciousness literature, but it is difficult to find characterizations of that concept which are both specific and useful. I will precisely define and characterize a type of epistemic (weak) emergence and show that it is a property of some neural circuits throughout the CNS, on micro-, meso- and macroscopic levels. I will argue that possession of this property can result in profoundly altered neural dynamics on multiple levels in cortex and other systems. I will first describe emergent neural entities (ENEs) abstractly. I will then show how ENEs function specifically and concretely, and demonstrate some implications of this type of emergence for the CNS.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available