A Layered Reference Model of the Brain

– A variety of life functions and cognitive processes have been identified in cognitive informatics, psychology, cognitive science, and neurophilosophy. This paper attempts to develop a Layered Reference Model of the Brain (LRMB) that formally and rigorously explains the functional mechanisms and cognitive processes of the natural intelligence. A comprehensive and coherent set of mental processes and their relationships is identified in LRMB, that encompasses 37 cognitive processes at six layers known as the sensation, memory, perception, action, meta cognitive, and higher cognitive layers from the bottomup. The LRMB reference model provides an integrated framework for modeling the brain and the mind. LRMB also enables future extension and refinement of cognitive processes within the same hierarchical framework. LRMB can be applied to explain a wide range of physiological, psychological, and cognitive phenomena in cognitive informatics, particularly the relationships and interactions...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: IEEEICCI
• Authors: Yingxu Wang, Shushma Patel, Dilip Patel, Ying Wang
• Keywords: Cognitive Informatics, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Science, IEEEICCI 2003, Informatics