Bridging levels: Using a cognitive model to connect brain and behavior in category learning

Gureckis, T. M., & Love, B. C. (2006). Bridging levels: Using a cognitive model to connect brain and behavior in category learning. In R. Sun & N. Miyake (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (Vol. 28, Issue 28, pp. 315–320). Cognitive Science Society.

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Abstract

Mental localization efforts tend to stress the where more than the what. We argue that the proper targets for localization are well-specified cognitive models. We make this case by relating an existing cognitive model of category learning to a learning circuit involving the hippocampus, perirhinal, and prefrontal cortex. Results from groups varying in function along this circuit (e.g., infants, amnesics, older adults) are successfully simulated by reducing the model's ability to form new clusters in response to surprising events, such as an error in supervised learning or an unfamiliar stimulus in unsupervised learning. Reported task dissociations (e.g., categorization vs. recognition) are explained in terms of cluster recruitment demands.

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@inproceedings{gureckis2006bridging,
	abstract = {Mental localization efforts tend to stress the where more than the what. We argue that the proper targets for localization are well-specified cognitive models. We make this case by relating an existing cognitive model of category learning to a learning circuit involving the hippocampus, perirhinal, and prefrontal cortex. Results from groups varying in function along this circuit (e.g., infants, amnesics, older adults) are successfully simulated by reducing the model's ability to form new clusters in response to surprising events, such as an error in supervised learning or an unfamiliar stimulus in unsupervised learning. Reported task dissociations (e.g., categorization vs. recognition) are explained in terms of cluster recruitment demands.},
	address = {Austin, TX},
	author = {Gureckis, T.M. and Love, B.C.},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society},
	editor = {Sun, R. and Miyake, N.},
	number = {28},
	pages = {315-320},
	publisher = {Cognitive Science Society},
	title = {Bridging levels: Using a cognitive model to connect brain and behavior in category learning},
	volume = {28},
	year = {2006}}

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