Connectionism And Psychology

Author : T. Horgan,J. Tienson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789401135245

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Connectionism and the Philosophy of Mind by T. Horgan,J. Tienson Pdf

This series will include monographs and collections of studies devoted to the investigation and exploration of knowledge, information and data processing systems of all kinds, no matter whether human, (other) animal, or machine. Its scope is intended to span the full range of interests from classical problems in the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology through issues in cognitive psychology and sociobiology (concerning the mental capabilities of other species) to ideas related to artificial intelligence and to computer science. While primary emphasis will be placed upon theoretical, conceptual and epistemological aspects of these problems and domains, empirical, experimental and methodological studies will also appear from time to time. One of the most, if not the most, exciting developments within cognitive science has been the emergence of connectionism as an alternative to the computational conception of the mind that tends to dominate the discipline. In this volume, John Tienson and Terence Horgan have brought together a fine collection of stimulating studies on connectionism and its significance. As the Introduction explains, the most pressing questions concern whether or not connectionism can provide a new conception of the nature of mentality. By focusing on the similarities and differences between connectionism and other approaches to cognitive science, the chapters of this book supply valuable resources that advance our understanding of these difficult issues. J.H.F.

Author : Terry Horgan,John Tienson
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0262082489

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Connectionism and the Philosophy of Psychology by Terry Horgan,John Tienson Pdf

In this volume, the authors present their view of cognition. They propose that unlike the classical paradigm that takes the mind to be a computer, the mind is best understood as a dynamical system realized in a neural network.

Author : Philip T. Quinlan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0226699617

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Connectionism and Psychology by Philip T. Quinlan Pdf

The rapid growth of neural network research has led to a major reappraisal of many fundamental assumptions in cognitive and perceptual psychology. This text—aimed at the advanced undergraduate and beginning postgraduate student—is an in-depth guide to those aspects of neural network research that are of direct relevance to human information processing. Examples of new connectionist models of learning, vision, language and thought are described in detail. Both neurological and psychological considerations are used in assessing its theoretical contributions. The status of the basic predicates like exclusive-OR is examined, the limitations of perceptrons are explained and properties of multi-layer networks are described in terms of many examples of psychological processes. The history of neural networks is discussed from a psychological perspective which examines why certain issues have become important. The book ends with a general critique of the new connectionist approach. It is clear that new connectionism work provides a distinctive framework for thinking about central questions in cognition and perception. This new textbook provides a clear and useful introduction to its theories and applications.

Author : Rob Ellis,G.W. Humphreys
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317715511

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Connectionist Psychology by Rob Ellis,G.W. Humphreys Pdf

This textbook provides an introduction and review of connectionist models applied to psychological topics. Chapters include basic reviews of connectionist models, their properties and their attributes. The application of these models to the domains of perception, memory, attention, word processing, higher language processing, and cognitive neuropsychology is then reviewed.

Author : Philip T. Quinlan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0226699609

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Connectionism and Psychology by Philip T. Quinlan Pdf

The rapid growth of neural network research has led to a major reappraisal of many fundamental assumptions in cognitive and perceptual psychology. This text—aimed at the advanced undergraduate and beginning postgraduate student—is an in-depth guide to those aspects of neural network research that are of direct relevance to human information processing. Examples of new connectionist models of learning, vision, language and thought are described in detail. Both neurological and psychological considerations are used in assessing its theoretical contributions. The status of the basic predicates like exclusive-OR is examined, the limitations of perceptrons are explained and properties of multi-layer networks are described in terms of many examples of psychological processes. The history of neural networks is discussed from a psychological perspective which examines why certain issues have become important. The book ends with a general critique of the new connectionist approach. It is clear that new connectionism work provides a distinctive framework for thinking about central questions in cognition and perception. This new textbook provides a clear and useful introduction to its theories and applications.

Author : Matjaž Potrč
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Cognition
ISBN : 3897541505

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Connectionism and the Philosophy of Psychology by Matjaž Potrč Pdf

Author : George Houghton
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135431143

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Connectionist Models in Cognitive Psychology by George Houghton Pdf

Connectionist Models in Cognitive Psychology is a state-of-the-art review of neural network modelling in core areas of cognitive psychology including: memory and learning, language (written and spoken), cognitive development, cognitive control, attention and action. The chapters discuss neural network models in a clear and accessible style, with an emphasis on the relationship between the models and relevant experimental data drawn from experimental psychology, neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. These lucid high-level contributions will serve as introductory articles for postgraduates and researchers whilst being of great use to undergraduates with an interest in the area of connectionist modelling.

Author : Ron Sun
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 767 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780521674102

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The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology by Ron Sun Pdf

A cutting-edge reference source for the interdisciplinary field of computational cognitive modeling.

Author : Stephen John Read,Lynn C. Miller
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317716969

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Connectionist Models of Social Reasoning and Social Behavior by Stephen John Read,Lynn C. Miller Pdf

Although neural network models have had a dramatic impact on the cognitive and brain sciences, social psychology has remained largely unaffected by this intellectual explosion. The first to apply neural network models to social phenomena, this book includes chapters by nearly all of the individuals currently working in this area. Bringing these various approaches together in one place, it allows readers to appreciate the breadth of these approaches, as well as the theoretical commonality of many of these models. The contributors address a number of central issues in social psychology and show how these kinds of models provide insight into many classic issues. Many chapters hint that this approach provides the seeds of a theoretical integration that the field has lacked. Each chapter discusses an explicit connectionist model of a central problem in social psychology. Since many of the contributors either use a standard architecture or provide a computer program, interested readers, with a little work, should be able to implement their own variations of models. Chapters are devoted to the following topics and models: * the learning and application of social categories and stereotypes; * causal reasoning, social explanation, and person perception; * personality and social behavior; * classic dissonance phenomena; and * belief change and the coherence of large scale belief systems.

Author : Michael R. W. Dawson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780470752982

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Minds and Machines by Michael R. W. Dawson Pdf

Minds and Machines: Connectionism and Psychological Modeling examines different kinds of models and investigates some of the basic properties of connectionism in the context of synthetic psychology, including detailed accounts of how the internal structure of connectionist networks can be interpreted. Introduces connectionist models as tools that are both synthetic and representational and which can be used as the basis for conducting synthetic psychology. Includes distinctively varied account of modeling, historical overview of the synthetic approach, and unique perspectives on connectionism. Investigates basic properties of connectionism in the context of synthetic psychology, including detailed accounts of how the internal structure can be interpreted. Provides supplementary material online at www.bcp.psych.ualberta.ca/~mike/Book2/ which includes free software for conducting connectionist simulations and instructions for building simple robots.

Author : Steven Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Artificial intelligence
ISBN : 9780195076660

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Connectionism by Steven Davis Pdf

Part of a series on cognitive behaviour and science, based on a 1990 conference sponsored by the Cognitive Science Program and the Linguistics Department of Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Author : Frank Van Overwalle
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 535 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134956067

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Social Connectionism by Frank Van Overwalle Pdf

Many of our thoughts and decisions occur without us being conscious of them taking place; connectionism attempts to reveal the internal hidden dynamics that drive the thoughts and actions of both individuals and groups. Connectionist modeling is a radically innovative approach to theorising in psychology, and more recently in the field of social psychology. The connectionist perspective interprets human cognition as a dynamic and adaptive system that learns from its own direct experiences or through indirect communication from others. Social Connectionism offers an overview of the most recent theoretical developments of connectionist models in social psychology. The volume is divided into four sections, beginning with an introduction and overview of social connectionism. This is followed by chapters on causal attribution, person and group impression formation, and attitudes. Each chapter is followed by simulation exercises that can be carried out using the FIT simulation program; these guided exercises allow the reader to reproduce published results. Social Connectionism will be invaluable to graduate students and researchers primarily in the field of social psychology, but also in cognitive psychology and connectionist modeling.

Author : William Ramsey,David E. Rumelhart,Stephen P. Stich
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134755097

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Philosophy and Connectionist Theory by William Ramsey,David E. Rumelhart,Stephen P. Stich Pdf

The philosophy of cognitive science has recently become one of the most exciting and fastest growing domains of philosophical inquiry and analysis. Until the early 1980s, nearly all of the models developed treated cognitive processes -- like problem solving, language comprehension, memory, and higher visual processing -- as rule-governed symbol manipulation. However, this situation has changed dramatically over the last half dozen years. In that period there has been an enormous shift of attention toward connectionist models of cognition that are inspired by the network-like architecture of the brain. Because of their unique architecture and style of processing, connectionist systems are generally regarded as radically different from the more traditional symbol manipulation models. This collection was designed to provide philosophers who have been working in the area of cognitive science with a forum for expressing their views on these recent developments. Because the symbol-manipulating paradigm has been so important to the work of contemporary philosophers, many have watched the emergence of connectionism with considerable interest. The contributors take very different stands toward connectionism, but all agree that the potential exists for a radical shift in the way many philosophers think of various aspects of cognition. Exploring this potential and other philosophical dimensions of connectionist research is the aim of this volume.

Author : Jonathan Grainger,Arthur M. Jacobs,Arthur Jacobs
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134804023

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Localist Connectionist Approaches To Human Cognition by Jonathan Grainger,Arthur M. Jacobs,Arthur Jacobs Pdf

This volume provides an overview of a relatively neglected branch of connectionism known as localist connectionism. The singling out of localist connectionism is motivated by the fact that some critical modeling strategies have been more readily applied in the development and testing of localist as opposed to distributed connectionist models (models using distributed hidden-unit representations and trained with a particular learning algorithm, typically back-propagation). One major theme emerging from this book is that localist connectionism currently provides an interesting means of evolving from verbal-boxological models of human cognition to computer-implemented algorithmic models. The other central messages conveyed are that the highly delicate issue of model testing, evaluation, and selection must be taken seriously, and that model-builders of the localist connectionist family have already shown exemplary steps in this direction.

Author : Cynthia Macdonald,Graham Macdonald
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0631197443

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Connectionism by Cynthia Macdonald,Graham Macdonald Pdf

This volume provides an introduction to and review of key contemporary debates concerning connectionism, and the nature of explanation and methodology in cognitive psychology.