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Chaos and neural coding: Is the binding problem a pseudo-problem?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2002

Antonino Raffone  and
Cees van Leeuwen
Antonino Raffone
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” I 00185 Rome, Italyantonino.raffone@uniromal.it
Cees van Leeuwen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Sunderland, SR6 0DD Sunderland, United Kingdomcees.van-leeuwen@sunderland.ac.uk RIKEN SBI 2-1 Hirosawa, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Abstract

Tsuda's article suggests several plausible concepts of neurodynamic representation and processing, with a thoughtful discussion of their neurobiological grounding and formal properties. However, Tsuda's theory leads to a holistic view of brain functions and to the controversial conclusion that the “binding problem” is a pseudo-problem. By contrast, we stress the role of chaotic patterns in solving the binding problem, in terms of flexible temporal coding of visual scenes through graded and intermittent synchrony.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , October 2001 , pp. 826 - 827
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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