Neutral Cognitive Models of Compositional Design

In this paper, we discuss the design of a cognitive model for compositional design using sensory to auditory, visual and associative cortex pathways and a limbic system based model of neutral emotion processing. The auditory cortex portion of the model is trained uisng data based on music; the visual cortex, data based on three layered paintings; and the associative cortex, data based on genetic optimization plans for job scheduling. The outputs from the cortex models combine with the outputs from the limbic system. The training data we use provides three sets of neutrally labeled emotional outputs to constrain the output of the limbic system. The full system then provides outputs which given a starting musical, painting or optimization element, autonomously generate a full musical phrase, a painting or an optimization plan for job scheduling. There are two goals to this research: first, provide a basic model of compositional design; and second, use this model also as a fundamental building block in a more general model of cognition. ∗Department of Mathematical Sciences, email: [email protected]