The Grossberg Code: Universal Neural Network Signatures of Perceptual Experience

Dresp-Langley, Birgitta

doi:10.3390/info14020082

“…To distinguish this perspective from emergent materialism, we can provide more general insights into the ontology of consciousness and propose that awareness manifests as a continuum of increasing richness in all physical processes. This method called a meta-synthesis, can be called a generic resonance theory (Grossberg, 2012;Dresp-Langley, 2023).…”

Section: The Combination Problemmentioning

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On brain criticality in the context of resonance

Leisman¹

2023

J. Multiscale Neurosci.

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Biofields integrate several physiological levels temporally and spatially. Physiological coherence complements metabolic processes, which preserve animal cellular and physiological function. Coherent physiology involves internal biological system coordination and sensitivity to specific stimuli and signal frequencies. Current research shows that exogenous biologically and non-biologically generated energy entrains human physiological systems. Electrical and magnetic field measurements during physiological activity may occur from metabolic processes or unknown physiological actions. All living things resonate at similar or coherent frequencies; therefore, species will eventually share resonance. Resonance is a term closely related to awareness, interregional connections or disconnection in the brain, and the integratory function of the brain. It can describe synchrony, vibration, or harmony more broadly. The synchronized electrical cycles of the brain have similar resonance patterns. Resonance's significance in fostering integrated brain activity, awareness, awakeness and death are reviewed.

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“…To distinguish this perspective from emergent materialism, we can provide more general insights into the ontology of consciousness and propose that awareness manifests as a continuum of increasing richness in all physical processes. This method called a meta-synthesis, can be called a generic resonance theory (Grossberg, 2012;Dresp-Langley, 2023).…”

Section: The Combination Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2023

J. Multiscale Neurosci.

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Biofields integrate several physiological levels temporally and spatially. Physiological coherence complements metabolic processes, which preserve animal cellular and physiological function. Coherent physiology involves internal biological system coordination and sensitivity to specific stimuli and signal frequencies. Current research shows that exogenous biologically and non-biologically generated energy entrains human physiological systems. Electrical and magnetic field measurements during physiological activity may occur from metabolic processes or unknown physiological actions. All living things resonate at similar or coherent frequencies; therefore, species will eventually share resonance. Resonance is a term closely related to awareness, interregional connections or disconnection in the brain, and the integratory function of the brain. It can describe synchrony, vibration, or harmony more broadly. The synchronized electrical cycles of the brain have similar resonance patterns. Resonance's significance in fostering integrated brain activity, awareness, awakeness and death are reviewed.

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“…The term 'focusing attention' describes both the listener's objective task and his or her phenomenal awareness of the task, but not, in general, what focusing does. A general scheme for how attention can prime a signal by suppressing unwanted information is provided by Grossberg's ART theory [7] (p. 18); see Dresp-Langley [8]. ART requires the signal to be learnt, as resonance and top-down matching with memory is required, and in the psycho-acoustic literature cited here, this is the case: only experienced listeners who have memorized the possible tones are used.…”

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The Psychometric Function for Focusing Attention on Pitch

Reeves

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2023

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What is the effect of focusing auditory attention on an upcoming signal tone? Weak signal tones, 40 ms in duration, were presented in 50 dB continuous white noise and were either uncued or cued 82 ms beforehand by a 12 dB SL cue tone of the same frequency and duration as the signal. Signal frequency was either constant for a block of trials or was randomly one of 11 frequencies from 632 to 3140 Hz. Slopes of psychometric functions for detection in single-interval (Yes/No) trials were obtained from three listeners by varying the signal level over a 1–9 dB range. Plots of log(d’) against signal dB were fit by linear functions. Slopes were similar whether signal frequency was constant or varied, as found by D. Green. Slopes for uncued tones increased by 14% to 20% more than predicted by signal energy (i.e., 0.10), as also found previously, whereas slopes for cued tones followed signal energy corrected for an 8 dB sensory threshold. That pre-cues help attention focus rapidly on signal frequency and permit listeners to act as near-ideal detectors of signal energy, which they do not do otherwise, supports a key hypothesis of Grossberg’s ART model that attention guided by conscious awareness can optimize perception.

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The Grossberg Code: Universal Neural Network Signatures of Perceptual Experience

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