Ebook: Connectionist Models in Cognitive Neuroscience: The 5th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, Birmingham, 8–10 September 1998

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1. Introdudion This volume collects together the refereed versions of 25 papers presented at the 5th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop (NCPW5), held at the University of Birmingham from the 8th until the lOth of September 1998. The NCPW is a well-established, lively forum, which brings together researchers from a range of disciplines (artificial intelligence, mathematics, cognitive science, computer science, neurobiology, philosophy and psychology), all of whom are interested in the application of neurally-inspired (connectionist) models to topics in psychology. The theme of the 5th workshop in the series was Connectionist models in cognitive neuroscience', and the workshop aimed to bring together papers focused on the inter-relations between functional (psychological) accounts of cognition and neural accounts of underlying brain processes, linked by connectionist models. From the very beginnings of modern psychology, with the work of William James and his contemporaries, researchers have believed it important to relate behavioural analyses to neurological underpinnings. However, with the advent of connectionist modelling, where models are at least inspired by neuronal processes, this enterprise has received a new boost. With this volume, we hope that this volume adds one further mosaic stone to this ambitious objective, of unifying functional and neuronal accounts of performance.

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This volume will contain papers from the 5th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, University of Birmingham, UK, 8-10 September 1998. The theme of the workshop is Connectionist Models in Cognitive Neuroscience, a topic which covers many important issues ranging from modelling physiological structure, to cognitive function and its disorders in neuropsychological and psychiatric cases. The workshop is intended to bring together researchers from such diverse disciplines as artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, cognitive science, computer science, neurobiology, philosophy and psychology, to discuss their work on the connectionist modelling of psychology. The papers will provide a state of the art summary of ongoing research in this exciting and fast-moving field. As such this volume will provide a valuable contribution to the Perspectives in Neural Computing series.

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This volume will contain papers from the 5th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, University of Birmingham, UK, 8-10 September 1998. The theme of the workshop is Connectionist Models in Cognitive Neuroscience, a topic which covers many important issues ranging from modelling physiological structure, to cognitive function and its disorders in neuropsychological and psychiatric cases. The workshop is intended to bring together researchers from such diverse disciplines as artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, cognitive science, computer science, neurobiology, philosophy and psychology, to discuss their work on the connectionist modelling of psychology. The papers will provide a state of the art summary of ongoing research in this exciting and fast-moving field. As such this volume will provide a valuable contribution to the Perspectives in Neural Computing series.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The SPLIT Model of Visual Word Recognition: Complementary Connectionist and Statistical Cognitive Modelling....Pages 3-12
Modelling Early Stages of Word Recognition: Case and the Peripheral Dyslexias....Pages 13-24
Competitive Queuing and Spelling: Modelling Acquired Dysgraphia....Pages 25-39
Neuropsychologically plausible sequence generation in a multi-layer network model of spelling....Pages 40-51
Connectionist Dissociations, Confounding Factors and Modularity....Pages 52-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Investigating the Role of Multimodal and Unimodal Cells of the Prefrontal Cortex Using a Computational Model of Working Memory....Pages 67-77
Short Term Memory and Selection Processes in a Frontal-Lobe Model....Pages 78-91
Experimenting with Models of the Frontal Lobes....Pages 92-101
Towards an Emotional Robot: Simulating Hippocampal-Mediated Anxiety....Pages 102-111
A Connectionist Model for Frequency Effects in Recall and Recognition....Pages 112-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Semantic Judgement Errors in Parkinson’s Disease: The Role of Priming....Pages 127-136
Category-Specific Deficits in a Self-Organizing Model of the Lexical-Semantic System....Pages 137-148
What Causes Lexical Access Difficulties in Dementia? The Role of Covert Category-specificity....Pages 149-158
Feature Distributions and Experimental Evaluation in a Connectionist Model of Semantic Memory....Pages 159-169
Stochastic double dissociations in distributed models of semantic memory....Pages 170-183
Systematicity and Specialization in Semantics....Pages 184-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Unsupervised Detection of Illusory Contours....Pages 197-205
Modelling Adaptation in the Human Oculomotor System....Pages 206-217
A study of the neuronal encoding of categorization with the use of a Kohonen network....Pages 218-227
A Connectionist Model of Categorization Response Times....Pages 228-239
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Modelling Emergent Attentional Properties....Pages 240-251
The role of feedback connections in task-driven visual search....Pages 252-261
A Neuronal Model of Binding and Selective Attention for Visual Search....Pages 262-271
Modelling Selective Processing in Vision and Action....Pages 272-282
Attention and the control of action: An investigation of the effects of selection on population coding of hand and eye movement....Pages 283-298
Back Matter....Pages 299-299

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This volume will contain papers from the 5th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, University of Birmingham, UK, 8-10 September 1998. The theme of the workshop is Connectionist Models in Cognitive Neuroscience, a topic which covers many important issues ranging from modelling physiological structure, to cognitive function and its disorders in neuropsychological and psychiatric cases. The workshop is intended to bring together researchers from such diverse disciplines as artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, cognitive science, computer science, neurobiology, philosophy and psychology, to discuss their work on the connectionist modelling of psychology. The papers will provide a state of the art summary of ongoing research in this exciting and fast-moving field. As such this volume will provide a valuable contribution to the Perspectives in Neural Computing series.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The SPLIT Model of Visual Word Recognition: Complementary Connectionist and Statistical Cognitive Modelling....Pages 3-12
Modelling Early Stages of Word Recognition: Case and the Peripheral Dyslexias....Pages 13-24
Competitive Queuing and Spelling: Modelling Acquired Dysgraphia....Pages 25-39
Neuropsychologically plausible sequence generation in a multi-layer network model of spelling....Pages 40-51
Connectionist Dissociations, Confounding Factors and Modularity....Pages 52-63
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Investigating the Role of Multimodal and Unimodal Cells of the Prefrontal Cortex Using a Computational Model of Working Memory....Pages 67-77
Short Term Memory and Selection Processes in a Frontal-Lobe Model....Pages 78-91
Experimenting with Models of the Frontal Lobes....Pages 92-101
Towards an Emotional Robot: Simulating Hippocampal-Mediated Anxiety....Pages 102-111
A Connectionist Model for Frequency Effects in Recall and Recognition....Pages 112-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Semantic Judgement Errors in Parkinson’s Disease: The Role of Priming....Pages 127-136
Category-Specific Deficits in a Self-Organizing Model of the Lexical-Semantic System....Pages 137-148
What Causes Lexical Access Difficulties in Dementia? The Role of Covert Category-specificity....Pages 149-158
Feature Distributions and Experimental Evaluation in a Connectionist Model of Semantic Memory....Pages 159-169
Stochastic double dissociations in distributed models of semantic memory....Pages 170-183
Systematicity and Specialization in Semantics....Pages 184-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Unsupervised Detection of Illusory Contours....Pages 197-205
Modelling Adaptation in the Human Oculomotor System....Pages 206-217
A study of the neuronal encoding of categorization with the use of a Kohonen network....Pages 218-227
A Connectionist Model of Categorization Response Times....Pages 228-239
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Modelling Emergent Attentional Properties....Pages 240-251
The role of feedback connections in task-driven visual search....Pages 252-261
A Neuronal Model of Binding and Selective Attention for Visual Search....Pages 262-271
Modelling Selective Processing in Vision and Action....Pages 272-282
Attention and the control of action: An investigation of the effects of selection on population coding of hand and eye movement....Pages 283-298
Back Matter....Pages 299-299
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