"This paper presents a computer model of cortical broadcast and competition based on spiking neurons and inspired by the hypothesis of a global neuronal workspace underlying conscious information processing in the human brain. In the model, the hypothesised workspace is realised by a collection of recurrently interconnected regions capable of sustaining and disseminating a reverberating spatial pattern of activation. ..."
Model Type: Realistic Network; Neuron or other electrically excitable cell
Region(s) or Organism(s): Neocortex
Model Concept(s): Temporal Pattern Generation; Spatio-temporal Activity Patterns; Simplified Models; Working memory
Simulation Environment: MATLAB
Implementer(s): Shanahan, Murray [m.shanahan at imperial.ac.uk]
References:
Shanahan M. (2008). A spiking neuron model of cortical broadcast and competition. Consciousness and cognition. 17 [PubMed]