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What, where, and how “big” is a word?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

Elke Kalbe  and
Alexander Thiel
Elke Kalbe
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Neurological Research, Cologne D-50931, Germanyelke.kalbe@pet.mpin-koeln.mpg.dealexander.thiel@pet.mpin-koeln.mpg.de
Alexander Thiel
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Neurological Research, Cologne D-50931, Germanyelke.kalbe@pet.mpin-koeln.mpg.dealexander.thiel@pet.mpin-koeln.mpg.de
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Abstract

Hebb's theory of cell assemblies is a precursor of the neural network approach used as an implicit hypothesis by most contemporary neuroscientists. Applying this model to language representation leads to demanding predictions about the organization of semantic categories. Other implications of a Hebbian approach to language representation, however, may prove problematic with respect to both neurolinguistic concepts and the results of neuroimaging studies.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 295 - 296
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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