Neurosemantics, neurons and system theory.
Following the concept of internal representations, signal processing in a neuronal system has to be evaluated exclusively based on internal system characteristics. Thus, this approach omits the external observer as a control function for sensory integration. Instead, the configuration of the system and its computational performance are the effects of endogenous factors. Such self-referential operation is due to a strictly local computation in a network and, thereby, computations follow a set of rules that constitute the emergent behaviour of the system. These rules can be shown to correspond to a "logic" that is intrinsic to the system, an idea which provides the basis for neurosemantics.
Breidbach
Olaf
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Ernst-Haeckel-Haus, Jena University, Berggasse 7, D-07745, Jena, Germany. Olaf.Breidbach@uni-jena.de
D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013598:Systems Theory