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Abstract

The methodology of Reverse Engineering has been applied to the study of the working of the human brain. Interdisciplinary effort at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley involving Computer Science and Neurobiology has addressed the nature of the interaction between conscious and subconscious processes. These processes involve information rates which differ by many orders of magnitude. The neural network based computer simulation models such processes which are consistent with biologically plausible assumptions, in terms of timing and neural anatomy. Possible implications of this work are suggested.

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Die Methodik des Reverse Engineering hat sich in der Erforschung der Arbeitweise des menschlichen Gehirns als nützlich erwiesen. Die Wechselwirkung zwischen dem Bewusstsein und dem Unterbewusstsein ist ein Schwerpunkt der interdiziplinären Zusammenarbeit von Informatikern und Neurobiologen am International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, Kalifornien. Die Bandbreiten des Informationsflusses, der mit bewussten bzw. unterbewussten Vorgängen verbunden ist, unterscheiden sich um Größenordnungen. Die auf neuronalen Netzwerken basierenden Computersimulationen entsprechen biologisch konsistenten Annahmen in Bezug auf Zeitablauf und Anatomie des Nervennetzes. Mögliche Implikationen dieser Arbeit sind angedeutet.

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The author is indebted to Lokendra Shastri and Sidney Titlebaum for their valuable Suggestions in reviewing this manuscript.

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Kay, R. (2001). Reverse Engineering of the Brain. In: Klein, S., Loebbecke, C. (eds) Interdisziplinäre Managementforschung und -lehre. Gabler Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-82387-8_9

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