A neuronal device for the control of multi-step computations
Neurons and Cognition
2013-12-24 v1
Abstract
We describe the operation of a neuronal device which embodies the computational principles of the `paper-and-pencil' machine envisioned by Alan Turing. The network is based on principles of cortical organization. We develop a plausible solution to implement pointers and investigate how neuronal circuits may instantiate the basic operations involved in assigning a value to a variable (i.e., x=5), in determining whether two variables have the same value and in retrieving the value of a given variable to be accessible to other nodes of the network. We exemplify the collective function of the network in simplified arithmetic and problem solving (blocks-world) tasks.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1312.6660,
title = {A neuronal device for the control of multi-step computations},
author = {Ariel D Zylberberg and Luciano Paz and Pieter R Roelfsema and Stanislas Dehaene and Mariano Sigman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.6660},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
13 pages, 6 figures