Modularity and The Binding Problem

Question 1

A Module

e.g.?

Answer 1

• can be defined as brain structure specialized for processing a specific type of information
• e.g. MT cells respond to movement, IT cells do not; - e.g. V4 cells sensitive to color, MST cells are not

Question 2

But, if, indeed, color, detail, movement, etc. are processed along INDEPENDENT pathways, with different destinations in brain,
how is it we perceive WHOLES (i.e. a blue Frisbee flying at us)??? =

Answer 2

THE “BINDING PROBLEM”

Question 3

Answer to the binding problem?

Answer 3

Perhaps a TEMPORAL SOLUTION to this spatial problem…?

• Preliminary data suggest that when we perceive wholes, relevant cell assemblies synchronize their oscillation of activity …