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Parallelism in Conscious Experience.

Discusses the ways parallel processing exists in computers and within the nervous and neurological systems of human beings. Parallel processing as an important theme in computer science; Reference to the two tracks of the perceptual and the imaginary that people live in; Difference between presence...

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Published in:Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Vol. 121; no. 1; pp. 87 - 104
Main Author: Sokolowski, Robert
Format: Article
Published: MIT Press Winter92
Subjects:
Computers
Technological innovations
Parallel computers
Parallel processing
Computers & civilization
Thought & thinking
Nervous system
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Discusses the ways parallel processing exists in computers and within the nervous and neurological systems of human beings. Parallel processing as an important theme in computer science; Reference to the two tracks of the perceptual and the imaginary that people live in; Difference between presence and absence to the human condition; Existence of physiological reasons for parallel processing; New possibilities opened in neural sciences and computer hardware and programming; More.