From Brains to Systems: Brain-Inspired Cognitive Systems 2010 (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (718))

Introduction / Ricardo Sanz, Carlos Hernández, Jaime Gómez-ramirez -- Emergent Feature Sensitivity In A Model Of The Auditory Thalamocortical System / Martin Coath ... [et Al.] -- Stdp Pattern Onset Learning Depends On Background Activity / James Humble ... [et Al.] -- Emergence Of Small-world Structure In Networks Of Spiking Neurons Through Stdp Plasticity / Gleb Basalyga, Pablo M. Gleiser And Thomas Wennekers -- Coupling Bcm And Neural Fields For The Emergence Of Self-organization Consensus / Mathieu Lefort, Yann Boniface And Bernard Girau -- Alpha And Theta Rhythm Abnormality In Alzheimer's Disease : A Study Using A Computational Model / Basabdatta Sen Bhattacharya, Damien Coyle And Liam P. Maguire -- Oscillatory Neural Network For Image Segmentation With Biased Competition For Attention / Tapani Raiko And Harri Valpola -- International Simulation Of Perceptions And Actions / Magnus Johnsson And David Gil -- Building Neurocognitive Networks With A Distributed Functional Architecture / Marmaduke Woodman ... [et Al.] -- Reverse Engineering For Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures : A Critical Analysis / Andreas Schierwagen -- Competition In High Dimensional Spaces Using A Sparse Approximation Of Neural Fields / Jean-charles Quinton, Bernard Girau And Mathieu Lefort -- Informational Theories Of Consciousness : A Review And Extension / Igor Aleksander And David Gamez -- Hippocampal Categories : A Mathematical Foundation For Navigation And Memory / Jaime Gómez-ramirez And Ricardo Sanz -- The Role Of Feedback In A Hierarchical Model Of Object Perception / Salvador Dura-bernal, Thomas Wennekers And Susan L. Denham -- Machine Free Will : Is Free Will A Necessary Ingredient Of Machine Consciousness? / Riccardo Manzotti -- Natural Evolution Of Neural Support Vector Machines / Magnus Jändel -- Self-conscious Robotic System Design Process : From Analysis To Implementation / Antonio Chella, Massimo Cossentino And Valeria Seidita -- Simulating Visual Qualia In The Cera-cranium Cognitive Architecture / Raúl Arrabales, Agapito Ledezma And Araceli Sanchis -- The Ouroboros Model : Selected Facets / Knud Thomsen. Carlos Hernández ... [et Al.], Editors. Extended Versions Of The Most Relevant Works Presented At The Brain-inspired Cognitive Systems Conference Held In July 2010 In Madrid--p. Vii. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages I-XV Introduction....Pages 1-6 Emergent Feature Sensitivity in a Model of the Auditory Thalamocortical System....Pages 7-17 STDP Pattern Onset Learning Depends on Background Activity....Pages 19-31 Emergence of Small-World Structure in Networks of Spiking Neurons Through STDP Plasticity....Pages 33-39 Coupling BCM and Neural Fields for the Emergence of Self-organization Consensus....Pages 41-56 Alpha and Theta Rhythm Abnormality in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Study Using a Computational Model....Pages 57-73 Oscillatory Neural Network for Image Segmentation with Biased Competition for Attention....Pages 75-85 Internal Simulation of Perceptions and Actions....Pages 87-100 Building Neurocognitive Networks with a Distributed Functional Architecture....Pages 101-109 Reverse Engineering for Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures: A Critical Analysis....Pages 111-121 Competition in High Dimensional Spaces Using a Sparse Approximation of Neural Fields....Pages 123-137 Informational Theories of Consciousness: A Review and Extension....Pages 139-147 Hippocampal Categories: A Mathematical Foundation for Navigation and Memory....Pages 149-164 The Role of Feedback in a Hierarchical Model of Object Perception....Pages 165-179 Machine Free Will: Is Free Will a Necessary Ingredient of Machine Consciousness?....Pages 181-191 Natural Evolution of Neural Support Vector Machines....Pages 193-207 Self-conscious Robotic System Design Process—From Analysis to Implementation....Pages 209-221 Simulating Visual Qualia in the CERA-CRANIUM Cognitive Architecture....Pages 223-238 The Ouroboros Model, Selected Facets....Pages 239-250 Back Matter....Pages 251-253 Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems - BICS 2010 aims to bring together leading scientists and engineers who use analytic and synthetic methods both to understand the astonishing processing properties of biological systems and specifically of the brain, and to exploit such knowledge to advance engineering methods to build artificial systems with higher levels of cognitive competence. BICS is a meeting point of brain scientists and cognitive systems engineers where cross-domain ideas are fostered in the hope of getting emerging insights on the nature, operation and extractable capabilities of brains. This multiple approach is necessary because the progressively more accurate data about the brain is producing a growing need of a quantitative understanding and an associated capacity to manipulate this data and translate it into engineering applications rooted in sound theories. BICS 2010 is intended for both researchers that aim to build brain inspired systems with higher cognitive competences, and for life scientists who use and develop mathematical and engineering approaches for a better understanding of complex biological systems like the brain. Four major interlaced focal symposia are planned for this conference and these are organized into patterns that encourage cross-fertilization across the symposia topics. This emphasizes the role of BICS as a major meeting point for researchers and practitioners in the areas of biological and artificial cognitive systems. Debates across disciplines will enrich researchers with complementary perspectives from diverse scientific fields. BICS 2010 will take place July 14-16, 2010, in Madrid, Spain.