Exercises in Rethinking Innateness: A Handbook for Connectionist Simulations (Neural Network Modeling and Connectionism) - Softcover

Plunkett, Kim; Elman, Jeffrey

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9780262661058: Exercises in Rethinking Innateness: A Handbook for Connectionist Simulations (Neural Network Modeling and Connectionism)
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ISBN 10: 0262661055 ISBN 13: 9780262661058
Publisher: Bradford Books, 1997

Synopsis

This book is the companion volume to Rethinking Innateness: A Connectionist Perspective on Development (The MIT Press, 1996), which proposed a new theoretical framework to answer the question "What does it mean to say that a behavior is innate?" The new work provides concrete illustrations—in the form of computer simulations—of properties of connectionist models that are particularly relevant to cognitive development. This enables the reader to pursue in depth some of the practical and empirical issues raised in the first book. The authors' larger goal is to demonstrate the usefulness of neural network modeling as a research methodology.

The book comes with a complete software package, including demonstration projects, for running neural network simulations on both Macintosh and Windows 95. It also contains a series of exercises in the use of the neural network simulator provided with the book. The software is also available to run on a variety of UNIX platforms.

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About the Author

Jeffrey L. Elman is Professor of Cognitive Science and Chair of the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, San Diego.

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Publisher
Bradford Books
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0262661055
ISBN 13 
9780262661058
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
313
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