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Mathematical Consciousness Science (view source)
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*'''Cortex-like complex systems of networks-of-networks'''<ref name=Grindrod2021>Grindrod, P.; Lester, C. (2021), Cortex-Like Complex Systems: What Occurs Within? Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 7. doi:10.3389/fams.2021.627236</ref> have been used to model the cortex and involve spiking nodes, that model neurons, and real time lags that model signal transmission delays. The system is a network of sparsely connected modules where each module is a network of densely connected nodes. Instantiation of the model on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpiNNaker SpiNNaker] supercomputer revealed a wide set of latent, internal, common dynamical modes of operational behaviour. The hypothesis relating the model to consciousness is that the observed modes are candidates for sensations, feelings and moods in conscious systems. SpiNNaker is being used as one component of the neuromorphic computing platform for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Brain_Project Human Brain Project].
*The '''Conscious Turing Machine''' (CTM)<ref name=Blum2020>Blum, M.; Blum, L. (2020), A Theoretical Computer Science Perspective on Consciousness. https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.09850</ref> is a computational model that formalizes the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_workspace_theory Global Workspace Theory] (GWT). GWT postulates the existence of a type of short term working memory in the brain to which various subsystems may gain access and influence the contents of. The hypothesis relating the model to consciousness is that it is the content of this working memory that we are conscious of. The CTM formalization helps to remove ambiguity and allows GWT to be instantiated in order straightforwardly modelled on a digital computer. CTM can be seen as an idealization that aims to obtain experimental resultssynthetically model the essentials of GWT.
===Higher level models===
