2020 TheTensorBrainSemanticDecodingf

• (Tresp et al., 2020) ⇒ Volker Tresp, Sahand Sharifzadeh, Dario Konopatzki, and Yunpu Ma. (2020). “The Tensor Brain: Semantic Decoding for Perception and Memory.” In: arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.11027.

Subject Headings: SPO Triple.

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We analyse perception and memory, using mathematical models for knowledge graphs and tensors, to gain insights into the corresponding functionalities of the human mind. Our discussion is based on the concept of propositional sentences consisting of $\textit{subject-predicate-object}$ (SPO) triples for expressing elementary facts. SPO sentences are the basis for most natural languages but might also be important for explicit perception and declarative memories, as well as intra-brain communication and the ability to argue and reason. A set of SPO sentences can be described as a knowledge graph, which can be transformed into an adjacency tensor. We introduce tensor models, where concepts have dual representations as indices and associated embeddings, two constructs we believe are essential for the understanding of implicit and explicit perception and memory in the brain. We argue that a biological realization of perception and memory imposes constraints on information processing. In particular, we propose that explicit perception and declarative memories require a semantic decoder, which, in a simple realization, is based on four layers: First, a sensory memory layer, as a buffer for sensory input, second, an index layer representing concepts, third, a memoryless representation layer for the broadcasting of information --- the “blackboard", or the “canvas” of the brain --- and fourth, a working memory layer as a processing center and data buffer. We discuss the operations of the four layers and relate them to the global workspace theory. In a Bayesian brain interpretation, semantic memory defines the prior for observable triple statements. We propose that --- in evolution and during development --- semantic memory, episodic memory, and natural language evolved as emergent properties in agents' process to gain a deeper understanding of sensory information.

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	Author	volume	Date Value	title	type	journal	titleUrl	doi	note	year
2020 TheTensorBrainSemanticDecodingf	Volker Tresp Sahand Sharifzadeh Dario Konopatzki Yunpu Ma			The Tensor Brain: Semantic Decoding for Perception and Memory