From Associative Nets to the Fluid Mind

18 Pages Posted: 4 Oct 2013

Date Written: October 2, 2013

Abstract

We can think of the mind as a network that’s fluid on several scales of viscosity. Some things change very slowly, on a scale of months to years. Other things change rapidly, in milliseconds or seconds. And other processes are in between. The microscale dynamic properties of the mind at any time are context dependent. Under some conditions it will function as a highly structured cognitive network; the details of the network will of course depend on the exact conditions, both internal (including chemical) and external (what’s the “load” on the mind?). Under other conditions the mind will function more like a loose associative net. These notes explore these notions in a very informal way.

Keywords: association, associative network, cognitive network, mind, poetry, representation

Suggested Citation

Benzon, William L., From Associative Nets to the Fluid Mind (October 2, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2334965 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2334965

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