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We extend an attention-and brain-based based architecture for mental simulation to allow for subliminal or creative thinking as part of a thinking sequence. In particular a mechanism for switching between attended and subliminal thinking is proposed. A simulation of this architecture is then presented, specifically for the task of ‘Unusual uses of a cardboard box’.
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Hartley, M., Taylor, J.G. (2009). Mental Simulation, Attention and Creativity. In: Alippi, C., Polycarpou, M., Panayiotou, C., Ellinas, G. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks – ICANN 2009. ICANN 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5769. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04277-5_5
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