Glossary

Apuntes

Glossary abduction (abductive reasoning): a form of reasoning in which one derives a conclusion as the best explanation of given evidence, even though it is not entailed by the evidence that it explains. absolute judgment: a judgment about the intrinsic properties of a stimulus (e.g., naming a color or identifying the pitch of a particular tone), as opposed to a relative judgment comparing two stimuli. access consciousness (or A-consciousness): information available or “ poised ” for conscious thought and action. action potentials: electrical impulses fired by neurons down their axons to other neurons. activation function: a function that assigns an output signal to a neural network unit on the basis of the total input to that unit. algorithm: a finite set of unambiguous rules that can be systematically applied to an object or set of objects to transform it or them in definite ways in a finite amount of time. amygdala: a subcortical area in the limbic system that is usually associated with emotion processes, particularly fear. anatomical connectivity: the anatomical connections between different brain regions. anterograde amnesia: the loss of memory of events after the ons...