Higher Order Theories of Consciousness take a common account for consciousness based on higher-order representations of conscious states. For the sake of clarity and as a preliminary explanation we could just say that Higher Order Theories (HOT) try to model consciousness as…
Category: Cognitive Science
MindPapers – A Bibliography of the Philosophy of Mind and the Science of Consciousness MindPapers is a bibliography of work in the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of cognitive science, and the science of consciousness. It consists of more than…
The following list is a compilation of bibliographic search engines and scientific paper indexes, where you can look for publications related to your areas of interest. Note that given my particular area of interest (Machine Consciousness) I have focused on…
Scientists at the Massachusetts General Hospital have combined a normally inactive lidocaine derivative with capsaicin, the ‘heat’-generating ingredient in chili peppers, to produce pain-specific local anesthesia. When injected into rats, this combination completely blocked pain without interfering with either motor…
Measuring Machine Consciousness ConsScale is a tool for assessing the functional level of consciousness of a creature. It has been specifically designed for the evaluation of Machine Consciousness implementations. Now a ConsScale microsite is available where you can explore the…
AI Forums: Language Mind and Consciousness. This AI Forum is dedicated to the problem of language, mind, and consciousness. Background The manipulation of natural human language by a computer, a major research track inside artificial intelligence, at first seemed like…
In this article I aim to provide a comprehensive introduction to the field of cognitive robotics by providing you with some definitions, examples, links to information resources, courses, and research projects. Also, the research motivations of this field are discussed,…
Although classical AI approaches have usually neglected the emotional dimension, it is becoming a key part of many of the current artificial cognitive architectures. The neurobiological study of emotions during the last decades has offered new insight. The analysis of…
The Multiple Draft Model (MDM) introduced by Dennett (1991), uses the editorial review metaphor to describe the cognitive processes of consciousness. In this domain, coalitions of unconscious processors suffer a reiterative edition and review process (producing a number of drafts)….
Rodney M J Cotterill Emeritus Professor Technical University of Denmark Department of Physics Denmark Coterill developed CyberChild – A simulation test-bed