Modelling of High-Level Structures and Communications Associated with Thought Processes and Related Tasks

Modelling and simulation of the organization structure, communications and functionality of the brains of living creatures has been of interest to philosophers, scientists, engineers and artists for centuries. The possibilities for large numbers of simple microprocessors to be programmed to operate in a way which mimics the human brain, raises the knotty problem of how to do parallel programming. This paper considers an alternative top-down approach involving high-level associative activities between an assembly of local areas of excellence with variable low-speed connectivity, as a possible model for improving the understanding of the concepts surrounding intelligence and learning, based on the authors' experience in science, engineering, live music and singing.