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The Cerebellum in the Ouroboros Model, the “Interpolator Hypothesis”

Authors:
Knud Thomsen

Keywords: schemata; consumption analysis; iterative processing; grainy memory structure; interpolation; co-processor

Abstract:
The Ouroboros Model offers a novel cognitive architecture with an algorithmic backbone of iterative and self-referential processing. All memory content is organized into meaningful pieces of data, chunks and schemata, which are laid down as a kind of snapshots of all activations at a relevant point in time. This entails a grainy structure of memory content. Whereas a core process of "consumption" analysis can naturally be defined taking advantage of this parcellation, it necessitates interpolation for fine nuances, especially for the representation of intermediate values during transients. It is hypothesized that, in the vertebrate brain, essential interpolation functionality is provided by the cerebellum. Findings concerning movement control as well as the involvement of the cerebellum in more abstract, cognitive, tasks can be interpreted as reflecting a function of the cerebellum as a co-processor, i.e., a general interpolator, boosting representations in cerebral cortex areas, which are reciprocally connected with cerebellar cortex areas. In this paper, it is sketched how the new "interpolator hypothesis" can explain manifold observations while embracing previous theories of the function of the cerebellum.

Pages: 37 to 41

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: May 27, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4197

ISBN: 978-1-61208-273-8

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from May 27, 2013 to June 1, 2013