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The Human Brain as a Hierarchical Intelligent Control System

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Challenges for Computational Intelligence

Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence ((SCI,volume 63))

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An approach to intelligence and reasoning is developed for the brain. The need for such an approach to Computational Intelligence is argued for on ethical grounds. The paper then considers various components of information processing in the brain, choosing attention, memory and reward as key (Language cannot be handled in the space available). How these could then be used to achieve cognitive faculties and ultimately reasoning are then discussed, and the paper concludes with a brief analysis of reasoning tasks, including the amazing powers of Betty the Crow.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, King's College, WC2R2LS, Strand London, UK

    JG Taylor

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  1. Department of Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ul. Grudziadzka 5, 87-100, Torun, Poland

    Włodzisław Duch

  2. Division of Computer Science, School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore

    Włodzisław Duch

  3. Faculty of Mathematics and Information Sciences, Warsaw University of Technology, Plac Politechniki 1, 00-661, Warsaw, Poland

    Jacek Mańdziuk

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Taylor, J. (2007). The Human Brain as a Hierarchical Intelligent Control System. In: Duch, W., Mańdziuk, J. (eds) Challenges for Computational Intelligence. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 63. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71984-7_5

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