from sensory system (Card ID)

AttentionalScanner

to “motor” system (eye position)

Phase 1 (P1) = load lead card

-

lead card memory

player card memory

matching

‘scan finished’detect (SF)

(value)(suit)

not matchingsensory > memory

sensory < memory LT

GT

‘empty’Detect (ED)

Phase 2 (P2) = scan “hand” (LT)

Phase 3 (P3) = rescan “hand” for non-matching card (GT)

Phase 4 (P4) = output card choice (“player card memory”)

transition: time

transition: SF

transition: ED\

P1

P2

GT

P3

LT

*P3‘reset”

“Coggie”A neural network

for playing “Hearts”

m

m\

m\

m

*P2

176 spiking and mean-rate neurons

. . .

Saliency

inhibition-of-return

“winner-take-all”

global inhibitoryneuron

attentional Scanner

Heart S

Spad S

Diam S

Club S

Heart M

Spad M

Diam M

Club M

matchnot match

match / not match

. . .

“load”

memory

‘2’ ‘3’ ‘4’

‘2’ ‘3’ ‘4’

‘A’

‘A’

‘K’

. . .

‘K’

“greater than”

GT

sensory

memory

“His synaptic depression is worst in the evenings”