Elemental Cognitive Acts, and Their Architecture

The elemental constituent functions of human minds are not yet known, and the paths to identifying these basic “cognitive acts” are constrained at each end by biology and behavior. A coherent architecture derived bottom-up from brain circuits is proffered. We posit principles and pose questions about architectures, their composition, and their applicability to a described range of formidable tasks, with the primary intent of aiding in setting guideposts and challenges for ongoing architecture studies.