Connectionist models and cognitive theory
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Connectionist models can be used as statistical tools to analyze complex data sets, and have altered criteria for judging valid inferences made from data to theory. Connectionism is also a way of representing knowledge, and some types of connectionist networks can encode both cases that are rule-governed, and exceptions to these rules. Connectionist models are a type of framework supporting a range of theoretical activities, including exploration of descriptive theories, and helping develop theories which are explanatory as well as descriptive.
Publication Name: Psychological Science
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0956-7976
Year: 1993
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Evaluating word-reading models at the item level: matching the grain of theory and data
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The study done by Spieler and Balota in 1997 indicated that connectionist models of reading explain the limited item-specific variance. However, there are several factors that must be explained in determining the performance of the models. A significant aspect in the data is the amount of variance unexplained by any known factor. Research on word recognition must concur with normal scientific progression where limitations of models contribute to further research.
Publication Name: Psychological Science
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0956-7976
Year: 1998
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Language learning and innateness: some implications of Compounds Research
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It is stated that the rule-versus-exceptions theory on noun compounds in English makes a number of wrong predictions by using corpus analyses, behavioral studies, and computational modeling. A new and superior conjecture explains the acceptability of modifiers in noun compounds, like "mouse-eater" or "mice-eater", which is based on a constraint satisfaction process regulated by factors like semantics and phonology.
Publication Name: Cognitive Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0010-0285
Year: 2003
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