Title: COULD COMPUTER MEMORY SIMULATE THE COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE HUMAN MEMORY?

Author: Prof Dr m s s el namaki

Abstract: Human brains contain a “nerve mesh” referred to as memory that performs cognitive functions. This cognition is tantamount to acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and senses. Cognitive processes start with thinking and knowing and go all the way to remembering, judging, and problem-solving. They involve higher-level functions of the brain such as language, imagination, perception, and planning. Basic cognitive processes of perception, attention, and memory could lead to creativity. Could the amalgam of integrated circuits and derived software that we call computer memories ever simulate human cognitive functions induced by the memory organ of the brain. Functions like those demonstrated by biological memories. This is the focus of the following article. The article starts with an identification of the structure of human brain memories. It proceeds to explore the structure and role of brain memory within the human cognitive mix. It then analyses the memory element of the computer and its “cognitive” competencies and contrasts those with those of brain memories. Tentative and conditional conclusions are then derived. The article relies on works on neurology, electronics, data science and psychology.

Keywords: Cognitive functions. Computer memories. Human brain memories.

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