Why localist connectionist models are inadequate for categorization
Catégorie
Journal Article
Auteurs
French, R. M., Thomas, E.
Année
2000
Titre
Why localist connectionist models are inadequate for categorization
Journal / Livre / Conférence
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Résumé
Two categorization arguments pose particular problems for localist connectionist models. The internal representations of localist networks do not reflect the variability within categories in the environment, whereas networks with distributed internal representations do reflect this essential feature of categories. We provide a real biological example of perceptual categorization in the monkey that seems to require population coding (i.e., distributed internal representations).
Issue
4
Volume
23
Pages
477