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 Understanding Higher cognition

in terms of brain anatomy, physiology and chemistry
Section 5 Architectural constraints imposed by practical considerations
Practical considerations that influence system architectures – the need to limit resources, to change features without interference with existing unchanged features, the need to construct the system etc.; how these practical considerations shape the architecture of electronic systems into some specific forms; why analogous practical considerations acting through natural selection shape the architecture of the brain into specific but qualitatively different forms; why the architectural forms make hierarchies of description for the brain possible
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Lecture 11 Overview of Constraints and Need for Conditions and Modules

Part 1  Practical Needs that Constrain Architectures
Part 2  Overview of Architectural Constraints
Part 3  Definitions of "Condition" and "Module"
Part 4  Why Modules and Modular Hierarchies Exist
​Part 5  Information Exchange and Behavioural Meanings

Lecture 12 Definition of Modules

Part 1  Modules and Synchronicity
Part 2  Conditions on Different Levels of Complexity
Part 3  Modules and Constructability
Part 4  Real Time Sharing of Module Resources
​Part 5  Condition Definition Process
Part 6  Regulation of Degree of Receptive Field Detection

Lecture 13 Indirect Activation of Information

Part 1  Indirect Activation of Receptive Fields
Part 2  Management of Indirect Activation Recommendation Strengths
Part 3  Number of Layers In a Column
Part 4  Development of the Modular Hierarchy
​Part 5  Condition Detection Cascades​
Part 6  Associating Behaviours with Receptive Fields

Lecture 14 Management of Behaviour

Part 1  Possible Types of Behaviours
Part 2  Component Hierarchy of Behaviour
Part 3  Behaviour Selection Algorithms
Part 4  Strategic and Tactical Rewards
​Part 5  Information Releases Between Areas
Part 6  Modulation of Behaviour Type Probability
Part 7  Behavioural Sequences
​Part 8  Overall Architectural Form

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