I vaguely recall auditing the MIT OCW course on intro psych. I think that’s where I heard about what I’ll call the “association network model of words”. Here’s one summarizing idea: I present you with a bunch of ways, say purring, fuzzy, cut, predator, pet, remote controlled helicopter video. The thing that represents “cat” in your brain should light up, because its neighbors have been stimulated. I don’t recall whether the network is just a good prediction factory (“it only exists in the model”) or whether the brain is supposed to have… I guess a network of neurons with an isomorphic structure.
These structures are are similar to those in the article, with except with meaning or association taking the place of evaluation.
I vaguely recall auditing the MIT OCW course on intro psych. I think that’s where I heard about what I’ll call the “association network model of words”. Here’s one summarizing idea: I present you with a bunch of ways, say purring, fuzzy, cut, predator, pet, remote controlled helicopter video. The thing that represents “cat” in your brain should light up, because its neighbors have been stimulated. I don’t recall whether the network is just a good prediction factory (“it only exists in the model”) or whether the brain is supposed to have… I guess a network of neurons with an isomorphic structure.
These structures are are similar to those in the article, with except with meaning or association taking the place of evaluation.