思想语言的神经成分是可用的
Nina Kazanina1, David Poeppel2
1University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience, Frankfurt, Germany.
Trends in cognitive sciences
|August 25, 2023
概括
思想语言 (LoT) 理论在神经生物学上是可行的. 动物海马的空间导航细胞展示了关键的计算元素,支持思想语言的神经实现.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 神经生物学 神经生物学 神经生物学
- 思想的哲学思想的哲学
背景情况:
- 思想语言 (LoT) 假定心理表现是构成性的和富有成效的,使复杂的思想构造成为可能.
- 对LoT理论的一个主要挑战是其神经实现的感知不合理性.
- 之前的研究已经确定了神经系统中LoT的关键计算元素,特别是在动物空间导航中.
研究的目的:
- 挑战一种思想语言的神经实现是不可思议的概念.
- 为了证明动物海马体空间导航系统中的特定细胞类型为LOT提供了必要的表示和计算.
- 为了强调思想理论语言的神经生物学可行性.
主要方法:
- 动物海马体空间导航系统中细胞类型的分析.
- 识别这些细胞类型 (例如边界细胞,对象细胞,头向细胞) 执行的表示和计算.
- 这些神经功能与思维语言的要求进行比较.
主要成果:
- 发现动物空间导航中的特定细胞类型,包括边界细胞,对象细胞和头部方向细胞,提供了必要的表示格式.
- 这些细胞类型执行的计算与LOT所要求的组合性和生产力原则保持一致.
- 这些发现表明,在经过充分研究的生物系统中,神经LoT具有关键的计算成分.
结论:
- 思想语言 (LoT) 在神经生物学上是合理的.
- 动物海马的空间导航系统作为理解LoT的神经基础的模型.
- 这项研究支持将思想的哲学概念与经验神经生物学发现相结合.
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