title: The KIV model of intentional dynamics and decision making.
abstract: Human cognition performs granulation of the seemingly homogeneous temporal sequences of perceptual experiences into meaningful and comprehensible chunks of fuzzy concepts and behaviors. These knowledge granules are stored and consequently accessed during action selection and decisions. A dynamical approach is presented here to interpret experimental findings using K (Katchalsky) models. In the K model, meaningful knowledge is repetitiously created and processed in the form of sequences of oscillatory patterns of neural activity distributed across space and time. These patterns are not rigid but flexible and intermittent; soon after they arise through phase transitions, they dissipate. Computational implementations demonstrate the operation of the model based on the principles of intentional brain dynamics.
authors.affiliation: Computational Neurodynamics Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, United States. robert.kozma.ctr@hanscom.af.mil
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kozma
authors.forename: Walter J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D014836:Volition / Q000502:physiology