title: Modeling a particular decision process by using a modulatory activation function.
abstract: Neuronal groups projecting widely in the brain are being experimentally associated to attention and mood changes. Those groups are known to exert a modulatory effect over other larger groups. On the other hand, some people think of the brain functions as being performed by specialized modular systems. In this work, we propose an architecture of modular nature to explore a particular decision process. We show the importance of the modulatory effect of a special evaluation segment in that process.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo, 1127, Porangabussu., Fortaleza ZIP 60430-970, Ceara, Brazil. jdf@cin.ufpe.br
authors.forename: Jairo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Diniz Filho
authors.forename: Teresa B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Ludermir
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention; D001519:Behavior; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003657:Decision Making; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008959:Models, Neurological; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009474:Neurons; D011897:Random Allocation; D012718:Set, Psychology; D013358:Subject Headings