Journal
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
Volume 56, Issue -, Pages 252-265Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2015.07.009
Keywords
Embodied cognition; Stimulus-response; Multimodality; Concurrency; Hierarchy; Language; Sensorimotor integration; Multidimensionality; Events; parallel computation; sequential behavior; Lashley; Serial order; Superior colliculus; Hippocampus; Basal ganglia; Unity of consciousness
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The problem of serial order in behavior, as formulated and discussed by Lashley (1951), is arguably more pervasive and more profound both than originally stated and than currently appreciated. We spell out two complementary aspects of what we term the generalized problem of behavior: (i) multimodality, stemming from the disparate nature of the sensorimotor variables and processes that underlie behavior, and (ii) concurrency, which reflects the parallel unfolding in time of these processes and of their asynchronous interactions. We illustrate these on a number of examples, with a special focus on language, briefly survey the computational approaches to multimodal concurrency, offer some hypotheses regarding the manner in which brains address it, and discuss some of the broader implications of these as yet unresolved issues for cognitive science. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available