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: Suggested Citation