Abstract
Cortices are the predominant structure in mammalian brains. The processing of sensory information, motor-control or high-level decision making processes can be all be implemented in cortical structures. It therefore seems obvious to presume that cortical nets have a universal structure which easily can be adapted to different tasks. In the following I want to discuss four structural principles and some general implications which seem important to us. I shall not go into the strategies of combining these principles into processes. The assumptions underlying our interpretations are quite simple: 1. Brains have to produce behaviour in natural environments in which systems are governed by physical laws. 2. The tasks to be solved define a hierarchy to which the structure is adapted. 3. Solutions of basic problems are evolutionable in the sense that their combination allows functional complexity.
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