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Communication as an Emergent Metaphor for Neuronal Operation

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Computation for Metaphors, Analogy, and Agents (CMAA 1998)

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The conventional computational description of brain operations has to be understood in a metaphorical sense. In this paper arguments supporting the claim that this metaphor is too restrictive are presented. A new metaphor more accurately describing recently discovered emergent characteristics of neuron functionality is proposed and its implications are discussed. A connectionist system fitting the new paradigm is presented and its use for attention modelling briefly outlined.

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  1. Department of Cybernetics, University of Reading, Reading, RG2 6AE, UK

    Slawomir J. Nasuto, Kerstin Dautenhahn & Mark Bishop

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Nasuto, S.J., Dautenhahn, K., Bishop, M. (1999). Communication as an Emergent Metaphor for Neuronal Operation. In: Nehaniv, C.L. (eds) Computation for Metaphors, Analogy, and Agents. CMAA 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1562. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48834-0_19

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