title: CODAM: a neural network model of consciousness.
abstract: We present a review of the CODAM neural network control model of consciousness and develop it to arrive at a functional account of consciousness. The main feature is as a speed-up and error-correcting mechanism known, in engineering control theory, to be efficient in improving the speed of response and accuracy of any control system. We use the CODAM model to generate a set of predictions as to how such speed-up is achieved, as well as relate to previous explanations by CODAM of various attention-based phenomena.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, King's College, London, WC2R 2LS, UK. john.g.taylor@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer