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Relevance Realization and the Neurodynamics and Neuroconnectivity of General Intelligence

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In this paper we review arguments for the central nature of the problem of relevance, as well as arguing that relevance realization is the basis for general intelligence, supporting this position with recent findings in neurodynamics and neuroanatomy, as well as machine learning and graph theory.

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Acknowledgement

We would like to thank Zachery Irving for his collaboration on a previous manuscript on relevance realization and general intelligence. His work on that paper help to generate ideas for this paper.

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  1. Cognitive Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    John Vervaeke

  2. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Leonardo Ferraro

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    Inman Harvey

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    Ann Cavoukian

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  4. , Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, King's College Circle, Toronto, M5S 3G4, Ontario, Canada

    Don Borrett

  5. , Department of Neurophysiology, University of Toronto, King's College Circle, Toronto, M5S 3G4, Ontario, Canada

    Hon Kwan

  6. , Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, King's College Circle, Toronto, M5S 3G4, Ontario, Canada

    Dimitrios Hatzinakos

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Vervaeke, J., Ferraro, L. (2013). Relevance Realization and the Neurodynamics and Neuroconnectivity of General Intelligence. In: Harvey, I., Cavoukian, A., Tomko, G., Borrett, D., Kwan, H., Hatzinakos, D. (eds) SmartData. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6409-9_6

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