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Perception, action planning, and cognitive maps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2002

Eric Chown
Affiliation:
Computer Science Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011 echown@bowdoin.edu http://www.bowdoin.edu/~echown/
Lashon B. Booker
Affiliation:
The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA 22102 booker@mitre.org
Stephen Kaplan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 skap@umich.edu

Abstract

Perceptual learning mechanisms derived from Hebb's theory of cell assemblies can generate prototypic representations capable of extending the representational power of TEC (Theory of Event Coding) event codes. The extended capability includes categorization that accommodates “family resemblances” and problem solving that uses cognitive maps.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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