Neural modeling field (NMF) theory mathematically implements the mind mechanisms including concepts, emotions, instincts, imagination, thinking, understanding, language, interaction between language and cognition, the knowledge instinct, conscious, unconscious, aesthetic emotions including beautiful and sublime. NMF provides a foundation for modeling evolution of languages, consciousness, and cultures.
NMF is a multi-level, hetero-hierarchical system [1]. The mind is not a strict hierarchy; there are multiple feedback connections among adjacent levels, hence the term hetero-hierarchy. At each level in NMF there are concept-models encapsulating the mind’s knowledge; they generate so-called top-down signals, interacting with input, bottom-up signals. These interactions are governed by the knowledge instinct, which drives concept-model learning, adaptation, and formation of new concept-models for better correspondence to the input, bottom-up signals.
References
- ^ Perlovsky, L.I. 2001. Neural Networks and Intellect: using model based concepts. New York: Oxford University Press.