4th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, London, 9–11 April 1997

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Representational Issues for Connectionist Psychological Models

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Some Advantages of Localist over Distributed Representations

      • Mike Page

      Pages 3-15

   3. Distributed Representations in Radial Basis Function Networks

      • Neil Middleton

      Pages 16-25

   4. A unified framework for connectionist models

      • T. Yildirim, J. S. Marsland

      Pages 26-39

   5. Separability is a Learner’s Best Friend

      • Chris Thornton

      Pages 40-46

   6. A Generative Learning Algorithm that uses Structural Knowledge of the Input Domain yields a better Multi-layer Perceptron

      • Elena Pérez-Miñana

      Pages 47-57

   7. Improving Learning and Generalization in Neural Networks through the Acquisition of Multiple Related Functions

      • Morten H. Christiansen

      Pages 58-70

3. Representation in Vision and Audition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. Objective Functions for Topography: A Comparison of Optimal Maps

      • Geoffrey J. Goodhill, Terrence J. Sejnowski

      Pages 73-83

   3. Testing Principal Component Representations for Faces

      • Peter J. B. Hancock, Vicki Bruce, A. Mike Burton

      Pages 84-97

   4. Selection for Object Identification: Modelling Emergent Attentional Processes in Normality and Pathology

      • Glyn W. Humphreys, Dietmar Heinke

      Pages 98-112

   5. Extracting Features from the Short-term Time Structure of Cochlear Filtered Sound

      • Leslie S. Smith

      Pages 113-125

4. Representation in Working Memory and Attention

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

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   2. Representational Issues in Neural Systems: Example from a Neural Network Model of Set-Shifting Paradigm Experiments

      • Raju Surampudi Bapi, Michael J. Denham

      Pages 129-141

   3. Models of Coupled Anterior Working Memories for Frontal Tasks

      • Oury Monchi, John G. Taylor

      Pages 142-154

   4. A Neurobiologically Inspired Model of Working Memory Based on Neuronal Synchrony and Rythmicity

      • Jacques Sougné, Robert M. French

      Pages 155-167

   5. Neural Networks and the Emergence of Consciousness

      • J. G. Taylor

      Pages 168-182

   6. Selective memory loss in aphasics: An insight from pseudo-recurrent connectionist networks

      • Robert M. French

      Pages 183-195

5. Lexical/Semantic Representations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197

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This volume collects together refereed versions of twenty-five papers presented at the 4th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop, held at University College London in April 1997. The "NCPW" workshop series is now well established as a lively forum which brings together researchers from such diverse disciplines as artificial intelligence, mathematics, cognitive science, computer science, neurobiology, philosophy and psychology to discuss their work on connectionist modelling in psychology. The general theme of this fourth workshop in the series was "Connectionist Repre­ sentations", a topic which not only attracted participants from all these fields, but from allover the world as well. From the point of view of the conference organisers focusing on representational issues had the advantage that it immediately involved researchers from all branches of neural computation. Being so central both to psychology and to connectionist modelling, it is one area about which everyone in the field has their own strong views, and the diversity and quality of the presentations and, just as importantly, the discussion which followed them, certainly attested to this.

• algorithms
• artificial intelligence
• behavior
• biologically inspired
• consciousness
• evolution
• intelligence
• learning
• mathematics
• memory
• modeling
• neural computation
• neural networks
• proving
• psychology

• Centre for Speech and Language, Department of Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UK

  John A. Bullinaria

• Department of Psychology, University College London, London, UK

  David W. Glasspool, George Houghton

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