?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Neural+Mechanisms+for+Information+Compression+by%0AMultiple+Alignment%2C+Unification+and+Search&rft.creator=Wolff%2C+Dr+J+G&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.description=This+article+describes+how+an+abstract+framework+for+perception+and+cognition+may+be+realised+in+terms+of+neural+mechanisms+and+neural+processing.%0A%0AThis+framework+%E2%80%94+called+information+compression+by+multiple+alignment%2C+unification+and+search+(ICMAUS)+%E2%80%94+has+been+developed+in+previous+research+as+a+generalized+model+of+any+system+for+processing+information%2C+either+natural+or%0Aartificial.+It+has+a+range+of+applications+including+the+analysis+and+production+of+natural+language%2C+unsupervised+inductive+learning%2C+recognition+of+objects+and+patterns%2C+probabilistic+reasoning%2C+and+others.+The+proposals+in+this+article+may+be+seen+as+an+extension+and+development+of%0AHebb%E2%80%99s+(1949)+concept+of+a+%E2%80%98cell+assembly%E2%80%99.%0A%0AThe+article+describes+how+the+concept+of+%E2%80%98pattern%E2%80%99+in+the+ICMAUS+framework+may+be+mapped+onto+a+version+of+the+cell%0Aassembly+concept+and+the+way+in+which+neural+mechanisms+may+achieve+the+effect+of+%E2%80%98multiple+alignment%E2%80%99+in+the+ICMAUS+framework.%0A%0ABy+contrast+with+the+Hebbian+concept+of+a+cell+assembly%2C+it+is+proposed+here+that+any+one+neuron+can+belong+in+one+assembly+and+only+one+assembly.+A+key+feature+of+present+proposals%2C+which+is+not+part+of+the+Hebbian+concept%2C+is+that+any+cell+assembly+may+contain+%E2%80%98references%E2%80%99+or+%E2%80%98codes%E2%80%99+that+serve+to+identify+one+or+more+other+cell+assemblies.+This+mechanism+allows+information+to+be+stored+in+a+compressed+form%2C+it+provides+a+robust+mechanism+by+which+assemblies+may+be+connected+to+form+hierarchies+and+other+kinds+of+structure%2C+it+means+that+assemblies+can+express%0Aabstract+concepts%2C+and+it+provides+solutions+to+some+of+the+other+problems+associated+with+cell+assemblies.%0A%0ADrawing+on+insights+derived+from+the+ICMAUS+framework%2C+the+article+also+describes+how+learning+may+be+achieved+with+neural+mechanisms.+This+concept+of+learning+is+significantly+different+from+the+Hebbian+concept+and+appears+to+provide+a+better+account+of+what+we+know+about+human+learning.&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2824%2F1%2Ficmausn5.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wolff%2C+Dr+J+G++(2003)+Neural+Mechanisms+for+Information+Compression+by+Multiple+Alignment%2C+Unification+and+Search.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2824%2F