
1) Cognitive science
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Connectionism is a set of approaches in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind, that models mental or behavioral phenomena as the emergent processes of interconnected networks of simple units. There are many forms of connectionism, but the most common forms use neural ne...
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(from the article `Thorndike, Edward L.`) American psychologist whose work on animal behaviour and the learning process led to the theory of connectionism, which states that behavioral ...
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(from the article `artificial intelligence`) Connectionism, or neuronlike computing, developed out of attempts to understand how the human brain works at the neural level and, in particular, how ...
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A computational approach to modeling the brain that relies on the interconnection of many simple units to produce complex behavior.
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The doctrine that cognition can be modelled (and therefore better understood) by connecting up artificial neurons, either in fact, or in simulation on a computer. [For further details, see our e-paper on 'Connectionism']
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The philosophical doctrine that cognition can be modelled (and therefore better understood) by connecting up artificial neurons, either in fact, or in simulation on a computer, and the practical science thereof. [For a longer introduction to this topic, see our e-paper on `Connectionism`.]
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Connectionism: A theory of information processing within cognitive science (the study of the mind). Connectionism is based upon the known neurophysiology of the brain. In connectionism, the basic building block of the brain is the neuron which functions as: An input device receiving signals from the environment or from other neurons, An integrative...
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the theory that all mental processes can be described as the operation of inherited or acquired bonds between stimulus and response.
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