mike@bucasb.bu.edu (Michael Cohen) (04/14/89)
NEURAL NETWORK MODELS OF CONDITIONING AND ACTION
12th Symposium on Models of Behavior
Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3, 1989
105 William James Hall, Harvard University
33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Michael Commons, Harvard Medical School
Stephen Grossberg, Boston University
John E.R. Staddon, Duke University
JUNE 2, 8:30AM--11:45AM
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Daniel L. Alkon, ``Pattern Recognition and Storage by an Artificial
Network Derived from Biological Systems''
John H. Byrne, ``Analysis and Simulation of Cellular and Network Properties
Contributing to Learning and Memory in Aplysia''
William B. Levy, ``Synaptic Modification Rules in Hippocampal Learning''
JUNE 2, 1:00PM--5:15PM
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Gail A. Carpenter, ``Recognition Learning by a Hierarchical ART Network
Modulated by Reinforcement Feedback''
Stephen Grossberg, ``Neural Dynamics of Reinforcement Learning, Selective
Attention, and Adaptive Timing''
Daniel S. Levine, ``Simulations of Conditioned Perseveration and Novelty
Preference from Frontal Lobe Damage''
Nestor A. Schmajuk, ``Neural Dynamics of Hippocampal Modulation of Classical
Conditioning''
JUNE 3, 8:30AM--11:45AM
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John W. Moore, ``Implementing Connectionist Algorithms for Classical
Conditioning in the Brain''
Russell M. Church, ``A Connectionist Model of Scalar Timing Theory''
William S. Maki, ``Connectionist Approach to Conditional Discrimination:
Learning, Short-Term Memory, and Attention''
JUNE 3, 1:00PM--5:15PM
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Michael L. Commons, ``Models of Acquisition and Preference''
John E.R. Staddon, ``Simple Parallel Model for Operant Learning with
Application to a Class of Inference Problems''
Alliston K. Reid, ``Computational Models of Instrumental and Scheduled
Performance''
Stephen Jose Hanson, ``Behavioral Diversity, Hypothesis Testing, and
the Stochastic Delta Rule''
Richard S. Sutton, ``Time Derivative Models of Pavlovian Reinforcement''
FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION SEE ATTACHED OR WRITE:
Dr. Michael L. Commons
Society for Quantitative Analysis of Behavior
234 Huron Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Dr. Michael L. Commons
Society for Quantitative Analysis of Behavior
234 Huron Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
REGISTRATION FEE AT THE MEETING
( ) Regular $45
( ) Full-time Student $30
(Students must show active student I.D. to receive this rate)
ON SITE REGISTRATION
5:00--8:00PM, June 1, at the RECEPTION in Room 1550, William James Hall,
33 Kirkland Street, and 7:30--8:30AM, June 2, in the LOBBY of William
James Hall.
Registration by mail before April 30, 1989 is recommended
as seating is limited
HOUSING INFORMATION
Rooms have been reserved in the name of the symposium ("Models of Behavior")
for the Friday and Saturday nights at:
Best Western Homestead Inn
220 Alewife Brook Parkway
Cambridge, MA 02138
Single: $71
Double: $80
Call (617) 491-1890 or (800) 528-1234 and ask for the Group Sales desk.
Reserve your room as soon as possible. The hotel will not hold them past
May 1. Because of Harvard and MIT graduation ceremonies, space will
fill up rapidly. Other nearby hotels:
Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge
777 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 492-7777
(800) 654-2000
Single: $115--$135
Double: $115--$135
Suisse Chalet
211 Concord Turnpike Parkway
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 661-7800
(800) 258-1980
Single: $48.70
Double: $52.70