MCB
The "Attentional Quantum" Model
of Human Cognition
Marco C. Bettoni
m.bettoni@fhbb.ch
Everything perceived has the logic
of the observer perceiving it
Abstract
A model of human cognition is proposed, that attempts to explain human intelligence in a way which addresses its most basic properties, i.e. its autonomy and its creative power. In the system of mental functions that make up this model the central role is played by attentional quanta (building bricks of cognitive processes) and by a postulated attentional organ, which operates as a bridge at the threshold between continuity and discreteness and provides means for making possible passages from discreteness to unity and from unity to systems. This speculative model is supported by recent neurophysiological experiments in Berkeley and Zürich.