Plenary lecture of ICONIP 2017
Respiration and Higher Cognition - Energetic Conditions of Intelligence in Man and Machine
Spatio-temporal neural oscillations in brains have been linked with various cognitive states, including sleep state, alertness, and a range of higher cognitive activities. These oscillations exhibit transient dynamics between metastable synchronized states with amplitude-modulated (AM) patterns and de-synchronized states with rapidly varying phase modulation (PM) effects. The origin of the underlying oscillatory dynamics is largely unknown. Recent experimental data indicate that respiration influences not only the olfactory cortex, but also neocortical areas, including visual, auditory, and somatosensory cortex. These surprising findings suggest that respiration acts as master clock exerting a subtle but unfailing synchronizing influence on the temporal organization of large-scale, dynamic cortical activity patterns and the cognitive, emotional, sensory and motor processes.
In this talk we describe the key role of respiration in uninterrupted neural activity, which can exist only via the perpetual flow of oxygen and energy sources through the highly intricate vascular system. Proper description of the metabolic processes in the neuron-glia system is crucial for understanding the mechanisms that underlie biological intelligence. Until recently, energy efficiency has not been considered a key aspect of AI, rather many AI approaches used "brute force" computing power to achieve the desired performance. However, brains teach us that a system that wastes energy cannot be truly intelligent. Energy limitations provide natural, embodied constraints on the brain operation that ultimately lead to the emergence of intelligence. Studying efficient energy consumption in brains helps us to design superior AI that is energy efficient.
- Paper Submission Deadline
June 15, 2017
June 30, 2017 - Notification of Acceptance
July 31, 2017 - Final Paper Submission
August 20, 2017 - Congress Date
November 14–18, 2017
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