?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Computational+physics+of+the+mind&rft.creator=Duch%2C+Wlodzislaw&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.description=In+the+XIX+century+and+earlier+such+physicists+as+Newton%2C+Mayer%2C+Hooke%2C+Helmholtz+and+Mach+were+actively+engaged+in+the+research+on+psychophysics%2C+trying+to+relate+psychological+sensations+to+intensities+of+physical+stimuli.+Computational+physics+allows+to+simulate+complex+neural+processes+giving+a+chance+to+answer+not+only+the+original+psychophysical+questions+but+also+to+create+models+of+mind.+In+this+paper+several+approaches+relevant+to+modeling+of+mind+are+outlined.+Since+direct+modeling+of+the+brain+functions+is+rather+limited+due+to+the+complexity+of+such+models+a+number+of+approximations+is+introduced.+The+path+from+the+brain%2C+or+computational+neurosciences%2C+to+the+mind%2C+or+cognitive+sciences%2C+is+sketched%2C+with+emphasis+on+higher+cognitive+functions+such+as+memory+and+consciousness.+No+fundamental+problems+in+understanding+of+the+mind+seem+to+arise.+From+computational+point+of+view+realistic+models+require+massively+parallel+architectures.+&rft.publisher=Elsevier&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F914%2F1%2F96compmind.pdf&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F914%2F5%2F96compmind.html&rft.identifier=++Duch%2C+Wlodzislaw++(1996)+Computational+physics+of+the+mind.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F914%2F