Two universal functional principles of Adaptive Resonance Theory simulate the brain code of all biological learning and adaptive intelligence. Low level representations of multisensory stimuli in their immediate environmental context are formed on the basis of bottom up activation and under the control of top down matching rules that integrate high level long term traces of contextual configuration. These universal coding principles lead to the establishment of lasting brain signatures of perceptual experience in all living species, from aplysiae to primates. They are revisited in this paper here on the basis of examples drawn from the original code and from some of the most recent related empirical findings on contextual modulation in the brain, highlighting the potential of Grossberg's pioneering insights and groundbreaking theoretical work for intelligent solutions in the domain of developmental and cognitive robotics.

翻译：自适应共振理论的两大通用功能原理模拟了所有生物学习与自适应智能的大脑编码。多感官刺激在即时环境语境中的低层表征，基于自下而上的激活形成，并受自上而下的匹配规则控制，这些规则整合了高层语境配置的长期记忆痕迹。这些通用编码原则使得从海兔到灵长类所有生物物种的感知经验得以建立持久的大脑特征。本文基于原始编码及近期关于大脑语境调制的最新实证发现，通过实例重新审视这些原则，凸显了Grossberg开创性见解和突破性理论工作在发展认知机器人学智能解决方案中的潜力。