Research Catalog

Title

Learning in natural and connectionist systems : experiments and a model / by R. Hans Phaf.

Author

Phaf, R. Hans.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1994], ©1994.

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Description

xvi, 294 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

• Connectionism
• Learning, Psychology of
• Human information processing
• Memory
• Modularity (Psychology)

Thesis (note)

• Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Leiden University.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-280) and index.

Contents

• Pt. 1. Introduction. 1.1. The importance of learning. 1.2. The biological role of learning. 1.3. Connectionist models as learning systems. 1.4. Models and languages. 1.5. Aligning connectionist learning with natural learning -- Pt. 2. A connectionist approach to learning. 2.1. The connectionist language. 2.2. Problems with connectionist models. 2.3. CALM: Categorizing and Learning Module. 2.4. Single module simulations. 2.5. Multiple module simulations -- 2.6. Discussion -- Pt. 3. Psychological constraints on learning. 3.1. Attention and memory storage. 3.2. Elaborative shifts during rehearsal. 3.3. Attention and study-test compatibility as dissociative factors. 3.4. Divided attention and implicit and explicit memory tasks. 3.5. Towards a memory model incorporating attentional effects -- Pt. 4. A connectionist model for implicit and explicit memory. 4.1. ELAN: a family of models. 4.2. Architecture of ELAN-1. 4.3. Simulations with ELAN-1. 4.4. Higher ELAN models -- Pt. 5. Evaluation.
• 5.1. Comparison to other models. 5.2. The connectionism vs. symbol-manipulation controversy -- 5.3. Conclusion.

ISBN

0792326857 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

93047517

OCLC

• 29638399
• ocm29638399

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Columbia University Libraries