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Time-based binding as a solution to and a limitation for flexible cognition

Mehdi Senoussi (UGent) , Pieter Verbeke (UGent) and Tom Verguts (UGent)
(2022) FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 12.
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Why can't we keep as many items as we want in working memory? It has long been debated whether this resource limitation is a bug (a downside of our fallible biological system) or instead a feature (an optimal response to a computational problem). We propose that the resource limitation is a consequence of a useful feature. Specifically, we propose that flexible cognition requires time-based binding, and time-based binding necessarily limits the number of (bound) memoranda that can be stored simultaneously. Time-based binding is most naturally instantiated via neural oscillations, for which there exists ample experimental evidence. We report simulations that illustrate this theory and that relate it to empirical data. We also compare the theory to several other (feature and bug) resource theories.
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resources, binding, working memory, oscillations, modeling, simulations, cognitive flexibility, WORKING-MEMORY, ANTERIOR CINGULATE, PREFRONTAL CORTEX, NEURONAL OSCILLATIONS, THETA, ATTENTION, REPRESENTATIONS, MODEL, COMMUNICATION, PERCEPTION

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Senoussi, Mehdi, et al. “Time-Based Binding as a Solution to and a Limitation for Flexible Cognition.” FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 12, 2022, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.798061.
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Senoussi, M., Verbeke, P., & Verguts, T. (2022). Time-based binding as a solution to and a limitation for flexible cognition. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.798061
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Senoussi, Mehdi, Pieter Verbeke, and Tom Verguts. 2022. “Time-Based Binding as a Solution to and a Limitation for Flexible Cognition.” FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.798061.
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Senoussi, Mehdi, Pieter Verbeke, and Tom Verguts. 2022. “Time-Based Binding as a Solution to and a Limitation for Flexible Cognition.” FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 12. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.798061.
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Senoussi M, Verbeke P, Verguts T. Time-based binding as a solution to and a limitation for flexible cognition. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2022;12.
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M. Senoussi, P. Verbeke, and T. Verguts, “Time-based binding as a solution to and a limitation for flexible cognition,” FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 12, 2022.
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