This article reminds me of this polychronization paper that describes how networks of spiking neurons result in the emergence of groups, and some discussion on

This article reminds me of this polychronization paper that describes how networks of spiking neurons result in the emergence of groups, and some discussion on how that could explain consciousness as attention to memory. http://izhikevich.org/publications/spnet.htm http://izhikevich.org/publications/spnet.htm