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Communication and consciousness: A neural network conjecture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

N. A. Schmajuk
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology: Experimental, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0086. nestoreacpub.duke.edu
E. Axelrad
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology: Experimental, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0086. nestoreacpub.duke.edu

Abstract

The communicative aspects of the contents of consciousness are analyzed in the framework of a neural network model of animal communication. We discuss some issues raised by Gray, such as the control of the contents of consciousness, the adaptive value of consciousness, conscious and unconscious behaviors, and the nature of a model's consciousness.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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