Formally, we may define cognitive science as the convergent study between symbolic and connectionist approaches at macro and micro levels. Since what we refer to as the human mind is regarded as a mathematical product of the human brain and the computing machine, we can obtain two mathematical dynamical projections: one from the set of human brains to the set of mind, the other from the set of computing machines to the set of mind. Then, we are having a new projection from the classical models to the quantum mind.

Consciousness is really regarded as too ambiguous a concept to be understood and accepted as a mental construct without the inclusion of memory and attention in any conceptualization. However we need one criterion to count satisfactorily as an explanation of consciousness in information processing. An operational working definition of consciousness could be made in comparison of memory and attention: Consciousness would be a subjective awareness of momentary experience and also have the characteristics of an operating system performing control and consolidation information processing. This could be called a cognitive consciousness. It is possible that some distinctions between consciousness, memory and attention can be made conceptually and functionally from the perspectives of information processing.

ADHD 아동의 주의장애 원인이 반응 결정에서의 억제의 미숙인지, 전반적인 주의 기능의 미숙인지 알아보기 정상아동과 ADHD 아동을 대상으로 flanker 과제를 실시하였다. 실험 1 에서는 방해자극과 목표자극의 일치 (3: 일치, 불일치, 중립), 방해자극과 목표자극의 SO (3: -100, 0, 100 ms), 집단 (2; 정상, ADHD)의 3 요인 실험을 실시하였다. 정상아와 ADHD 아동간에 반응시간에서는 차이가 없었다. 그러나 정상아동에 비해 ADHD 아동이 부정확 반응을 더 많이 하였다. 특히 방해자극이 100 ms 먼저 제시되기 시작하는 SOA -100 ms 조건에서 두 집단의 차이가 크게 나타났다. 이 결과가 반응결정 단계에서의 억제에서 비롯되는 것인지 알아보기 위해 실험 2 에서는 목표자극의 반응 set(좌, 우)에 포함되지 않는 방해자극(상, 하로향함)을 제시하는 무관련조건을 추가하여 실험을 실시하였다. 실험 1 과 같이 불일치조건에서는 정상아동에 비해 ADHD 아동이 오반응을 더 많이 산출하였다. 그러나 무관련조건에서는 정상아와 ADHD 아동 간에 오반응에서 차이가 없었다. 즉 두 집단 모두에서 중립조건보다 무관련 조건에서 반응시간은 길었으나, 오반응에서는 차이가 없었다. 즉 정상아와 ADHD 아동 모두 전반적인 주의에서는 차이가 없다는 것을 시사하였다. 두 실험의 결과는 정상아에 비해 ADHD 아동이 반응 결정 단계에서의 억제에서 차이가 나는 것을 시사하는 것으로 해석되었다.

자기설명이 학습을 촉진시키려면 무엇을 설명해야 하는지 판단해야 하고, 그에 대해 적절한 설명을 산출해내어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 촉진자극(propmpt)를 제공해서 무엇을 설명해야 하는지에 대해 도움을 주면 자기설명 효과가 얻어지는지 알아보았다. 또한 자기설명과 촉진 자극의 효과가 학습자의 인지욕구(need for cognition)와 상호작용하는지 알아보기 위해 인지욕구 수준을 상하로 나누어 3 요인 실험을 실시하였다. 촉진자극과 자기설명의 효과는 과제와 학습자의 인지욕구 수준에 따라 다르게 나타났다. 기억검사에서는 인지욕구가 낮은 학습자에게서만, 자기설명의 효과와 촉진자극의 효과가 관찰되었다. 반면에 이해검사에서는 인지욕구의주효과가 유의하였고, 3 요인상호작용 효과가 경향을 보였다. 즉 촉진 자극을 제공하는 것은 인지욕구가 높은 학습자에게서만 학습을 향상시켰다. 이 결과는 인지부하가 학습에 영향을 미치는 것으로 해석되었다.

우리글 읽기에서 중심와주위에 위치한 단어의 음운정보가 중심와주위 미리보기이득에 영향이 있음을 2음절의 표적단어를 사용하여 확인한 앞선 연구에 이어서, 본 연구에서는 중심와주위에 제시된 2음절 단어의 음운정보 중 첫째 음절의 음운정보 역할에 대해 알아보았다. 이를 위해 표적단어(예: '손목')에 대한 미리보기 자극으로 첫음절_동일비단어(예: '손욘'), 첫음절_음운유사비단어(예: '솜욘'), 첫음절_표기유사비단어(예: '��욘'), 첫음절_무관비단어(예: '�F�E')가 제시되었고 경계선기법을 사용하여 눈이 도약하는 동안에 미리보기 자극들은 표적자극으로 바뀌도록 하였다. 표적단어의 주시시간을 측정한 결과, 첫음절_음운유사비단어가 중심와주위에 먼저 제시되었을 때가 첫음절_표기유사비단어나 첫음절_무관비단어가 제시되었을 때보다 짧았다. 이러한 결과는 중심와주위 단어 첫 음절의 음운정보만으로도 고정 간 정보통합에 영향을 주어 중심와주위 미리보기이득에 기여한 것으로 해석되었다.

The previous investigations of electroencephalogram (EEG) activity in the memory retrieval tasks demonstrated that event-related potentials (ERP) during recollection showed different durations and the peak levels from those without recollection. However, it has been unknown that recollection in memory retrieval also modulates high-frequency brain rhythms as well as establishes large-scale synchronization across different cortical areas. In this study, we examined the spectral components of the EEG signals, especially the gamma bands (20-80Hz), measured during the memory retrieval tasks. Specifically, we focused on two major spectral components: first, we evaluated the temporal patterns of the power spectral density before and after the onset of the memory retrieval task; second, we estimated phase synchrony between all possible pairs of EEG channels to evaluate large-scale synchronization. Fourteen healthy subjects performed the memory retrieval task in the virtual reality environment where they selected whether or not t he present item was seen in the previous training period. When the subjects viewed the unseen items, the middle gamma power (40-60Hz) appeared to increase 200-500ms after stimulus onset while the low gamma power (20Hz) was suppressed all the way through the post-stimulus period 150ms after onset. The degree of phase synchronization in this low gamma level, however, increased when the subjects fetched the item from memory. This suggests that phase synchrony analysis might reveal different aspects of the memory retrieval process than the gamma power, providing additional information to the inference on the brain dynamics during memory retrieval.

Speech shares acoustic features with other sound-based processing, which makes it difficult to distinguish phonological process from acoustic process in speech processing. In this study, we examined the difference between acoustic process and phonological process during repetition tasks. By contrasting various stimuli in different lengths, we localized neural correlates of acoustic process within bilateral superior temporal gyrus, which was consistent with the previous studies. The activated patterns were widely overlapped between words and pseudowords, i.e., contents-free. In contrast, phonological process showed left-lateralized activation in middle temporal gyrus located at anterior temporal areas. It implies that phonological process is contents-specific as shown in our previous study, and at the same time, more language-specific. Thus, we suggest that phonological process is distinguished from acoustic process in that it is always accompanied with the obligatory access to available phonological codes, which can be an entry of the mental lexicon.

INTRODUCTION Interaction between temporal events at the millisecond level is important for visual and tactile interaction. OBJECT The aim of the present study is to identify any neural signature, as reflected in event-related potentials (ERP), for the integrative processes when the two sensory modalities are stimulated in synchrony as opposed to when they are stimulated separately. METHOD The basic strategy was to compare ERP signals obtained with simultaneous visual and tactile stimulation with a linear summation of ERP patterns obtained with each modality stimulated separately. Condition were presented, paired with various stimulus-onset-asynchronies (SOA) ranging from - 300 ms (tactile-first) to 300 ms (visual-first), and in trials where only one modality was stimulated alone. RESULT A positive deviation was located in observed ERP at C4 electrode (contralateral to the stimulated hand) at 200-400 ms, in comparison to the predicted ERP. The deviation was present at all SOAs other than -300ms (tactile-first) and 300 ms (visual-first). There was also a positive deviation at occipital leads at the 50-ms SOA (visual-first) trials. DISCUSSION It suggested that neural signatures of cross-modal integration occur within a limited time-window. The deviations were specifically localized at the contralateral somatosensory and visual cortices, indicating that the integration happens at or before the level of the primary cortices.

To examine iterocular interactions in normal subjects, we recorded EEG activity from channel O1 and O2 on 14 healthy subjects while checkerboard pattern reversals were presented to each eye with different interstimulus intervals (ISIs) ranging from 0 to 218 ms. When pattern reversals were presented asynchronously to each eye, P-1 activity evoked by each reversal was significantly suppressed compared to the activation evoked by synchronous reversals. Furthermore, when there was time delay between pattern reversals to each eye, theta (4-10 Hz) band power was also significantly decreased, whereas beta (10-30 Hz) band power was relatively preserved. Our results suggest that neural activity evoked by sustained but not yet reversed checkerboard from one eye might inhibit upcoming neural response evoked by reversed checkerboard from the other eye. Decreased P-1 activity might reflect such inhibitory interaction between two eyes. Also, decreased theta and preserved beta band power might reflect engagement of different neural circuit for binocular / monocular vision.

Language learning involves linguistic environments around the learner. So the variation in training input to which the learner is exposed has been linked to their language learning. We explore how linguistic experiences can cause differences in learning linguistic structural features, as investigate in a probabilistic graphical model. We manipulate the amounts of training input, composed of natural linguistic data from animation videos for children, from holistic (one-word expression) to compositional (two- to six-word one) gradually. The recognition and generation of sentences are a "probabilistic" constraint satisfaction process which is based on massively parallel DNA chemistry. Random sentence generation tasks succeed when networks begin with limited sentential lengths and vocabulary sizes and gradually expand with larger ones, like children's cognitive development in learning. This model supports the suggestion that variations in early linguistic environments with developmental steps may be useful for facilitating language acquisition.

본 논문에서는 멀티 모달리티가 인간의 기억 현상 중에서 특히 회상 현상에 도움이 될 것이 라는 아이디어를 인간 실험과 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해서 비교 확인한다. 우리는 순차적 멀티모달리티 정보가 기억회상 현상에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해서 확률 하이퍼그래프 메모리모델을 사용하여 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 수행하였으며, 시뮬레이션 결과를 동일한 데이터를 사용한 인간 실험 결과와 비교하였다. 본 실험에서는 TV 드라마의 비디오 데이터를 이용하여 이전시점의 사진과 문장 정보가 다음 시점의 문장 생성에 미치는 영향을 확인하였다. 본 실험의 목적은 이전 시점의 문장 정보와 문장/사진 정보를 활용하여 멀티 모달리티의 영향을 확인하는 것이며 다양한 시점의 정보를 활용하여 순차성이 회상에 갖는 영향을 확인하는 것이다. 이를 통해서 기억 회상 현상에 있어서 멀티 모달리티가 미치는 영향과 순차적 데이터가 미치는 영향을 보일 수 있었으며, 기계를 통해서 인간의 기억 회상 현상을 재현할 수 있는 시뮬레이션 모델을 구현 하는데 실마리를 제공하였다.