| Localist Connectionist Approaches To Human Cognition Contributor(s): Grainger, Jonathan (Editor), Jacobs, Arthur M. (Editor), Jacobs, Arthur (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0805825568 ISBN-13: 9780805825565 Publisher: Psychology Press OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1998 Annotation: This volume addresses the relatively underexplored methodology of localist (as opposed to distributed) connectionist modeling of cognitive processes. It will interest experimental psychologists and cognitive scientists, both theoretical and applied. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition - Computers |
| Dewey: 153 |
| LCCN: 97052267 |
| Lexile Measure: 1410 |
| Series: Scientific Psychology |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.2" W x 9.14" (1.75 lbs) 378 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |