Encoding of categories by noncategory-specific neurons in the inferior temporal cortex

E Thomas, MM Van Hulle, R Vogel - Journal of cognitive …, 2001 - direct.mit.edu
In order to understand how the brain codes natural categories, eg, trees and fish, recordings
were made in the anterior part of the macaque inferior temporal (IT) cortex while the animal …

Sticking to the manifesto

M Page - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2000 - cambridge.org
The commentators have raised some interesting issues but none question the viability of a
localist approach to connectionist modelling. Once localist models are properly defined they …

Why localist connectionist models are inadequate for categorization

RM French, E Thomas - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2000 - cambridge.org
Two categorization arguments pose particular problems for localist connectionist models.
The internal representations of localist networks do not reflect the variability within …