... depending on the input, interconnections to other information, and an automatic activity decay scheme. In addition, the decay scheme is based on the state of the information, whether it has reached ... French Because of the parallel activation of all meanings of each recognized word in HOPE, the determination of the phonetic representation of a recognized word determines the breadth of active ... associates, within grammar, and as a pragmatic interpretation. Each piece of information is a thresholding device with memory. It has an activity value, initially at a resting state, that is modified...