Patter Languages

Peter Andras

Abstract

Pattern languages are rooted in cellular automaton theory, formal language theory, symbolic dynamics and other related fields. A coherent theory of them was presented recently by Wolfram (2001). We can view neural activity dynamics in terms of pattern languages. This approach offers a new way of understanding how neural systems work. Here we present simple examples of how neural computation can be performed by neural activity pattern computations. We also point out how the pattern language interpretation of neural activities may lead to a new look at the linking of human language and its neural system substrate.