Terrence C. Stewart, Xuan Choo, and Chris Eliasmith. Symbolic reasoning in spiking neurons: a model of the cortex/basal ganglia/thalamus loop. In Stellan Ohlsson and Richard Catrambone, editors, 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 1100–1105. Portland, Oregon, 2010. Cognitive Science Society.
@inproceedings{stewart2010a,
address = {Portland, Oregon},
title = {Symbolic Reasoning in Spiking Neurons: A Model of the Cortex/Basal Ganglia/Thalamus Loop},
booktitle = {32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society},
year = {2010},
abstract = {We present a model of symbol manipulation implemented using spiking neurons and closely tied to the anatomy of the cortex, basal ganglia, and thalamus. The model is a general-purpose neural controller which plays a role analogous to a production system. Information stored in cortex is used by the basal ganglia as the basis for selecting between a set of inferences. When an inference rule is selected, it commands the thalamus to modify and transmit information between areas of the cortex. The system supports special-case and general-purpose inferences, including the ability to remember complex statements and answer questions about them. The resulting model suggests modifications to the standard structure of production system rules, and offers a neurological explanation for the 50 millisecond cognitive cycle time.},
author = {Terrence C. Stewart and Xuan Choo and Chris Eliasmith},
editor = {Stellan Ohlsson and Richard Catrambone},
keywords = {basal ganglia},
pages = {1100--1105},
publisher = {Cognitive Science Society},
pdf = {http://compneuro.uwaterloo.ca/files/publications/stewart.2010a.pdf}
}