title: Semantic processing of English sentences using statistical computation based on neurophysiological models.
abstract: Computer programs that can accurately interpret natural human language and carry out instructions would improve the lives of people with language processing deficits and greatly benefit society in general. von Neumann in theorized that the human brain utilizes its own unique statistical neuronal computation to decode language and that this produces specific patterns of neuronal activity. This paper extends von Neumann's theory to the processing of partial semantics of declarative sentences. I developed semantic neuronal network models that emulate key features of cortical language processing and accurately compute partial semantics of English sentences. The method of computation implements the MAYA Semantic Technique, a mathematical technique I previously developed to determine partial semantics of sentences within a natural language processing program. Here I further simplified the technique by grouping repeating patterns into fewer categories. Unlike other natural language programs, my approach computes three partial semantics. The results of this research show that the computation of partial semantics of a sentence uses both feedforward and feedback projection which suggest that the partial semantic presented in this research might be a conscious activity within the human brain.
authors.affiliation: Computer and Information Sciences Department, Saint Peter's University Jersey, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Marcia T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Mitchell
keywords: attention and consciousness; computational linguistics; convergence and divergence zones; iconic neuronal circuits; neuronal network; semantic