4 papers
MEM as an Extension of Recurrent Processing Theory: Toward a Motivational Account of Consciousness
Wiesław L. Galus, Janusz A. Starzyk
Victor Lamme's Recurrent Processing Theory (RPT) proposes that the feedforward sweep (FFS) can extract and categorize visual features unconsciously, while conscious vision emerges…
Does Global Neuronal Workspace Theory Explain Phenomenal Consciousness? The Motivated Emotional Mind Challenge
Wiesław L. Galus, Janusz A. Starzyk
Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT) is one of the most extensively developed empirical research programmes on access consciousness. By contrast, the Motivated Emotional Mind (M…
From Biological Precursors to Artificial Cognition: Consciousness, Embodiment, and the MEM Architecture
Janusz A. Starzyk, Wiesław L. Galus
This article asks under what conditions artificial intelligence could warrant a rational attribution of consciousness. Linguistic ability, multimodality, memory, planning, action c…
A Mathematical Model of Motivated Emotional Mind - Cognitive Embodied System
Wiesław L. Galus, Janusz A. Starzyk
This article presents a mathematical model of the Motivated Emotional Mind cognitive architecture developed for embodied intelligent systems. Such a system learns to maintain its h…