Neural Connections, Mental Computation (Computational Models of Cognition and Perception)

Nadel, Lynn; Cooper, Lynn A.; Culicover, Peter; Harnish, R. Michael (editors)

ISBN 10: 026214042X / ISBN 13: 9780262140423

Published by MIT Press, 1989

About this Item

Unmarked text. International Computer Science Institute Library bookplate on front end page, with card inside back cover. 355p. Measures 6x9.25 inches. This book addresses the key questions of whether connectionist models are computationally sufficient to account for complex cognitive functions and whether connectionism can account for such functions in a neurobiologically realistic way. Contributors include Patricia Smith Churchland, Terrence J. Sejnowski, Paul Smolensky, Roger N. Shepard, Gerald Edelman, and others. Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Neural Connections, Mental Computation (Computational Models of Cognition and Perception)
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026214042X
• ISBN 13: 9780262140423
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 26 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Neurobiology

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Synopsis

Papers from a conference of the same name, Tucson, February 1986, though many have since been updated. Researchers in philosophy, cognitive psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience discuss connectionism as a plausible alternative to traditional symbolic or sentence-logic models of cognitive function. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About the Author

Lynn A. Cooper is Professor of Psychology, University of Arizona.