hassan@oxy.edu (Farhan Syed Hassan) (11/04/90)
* pn eopy1 eopy2 eopn3 ffy hfy eon lm 007 rm 072 pi 000 ps 001 pl 060 hd 000 ft 000 fp 001 ss 000 000 000 000 ts 007 012 I am a Cognitive Science major at Occidental College, Los Angeles and am writing a research paper on Connectionism. I plan to evaluate the connectionist model in terms of both architectural and functional equivalences to the behavior of the biological brain. I am not focussing on modeling in terms of computational mathematics, rather in terms of what is known/accepted in terms of brain neuro-biology (including higher-level organization such as lateralization, processing centers, interhemisphere communication etc.). I am familiar with texts like, The PDP Perspective (Rumelhart et al), Meaning and Purpose in the Intact Brain (Miller), Explorers of the Black Box (Allport) etc. I'd appreciate any suggestions or advice about specific literature in this area i.e. neuroanatomic equivalence. I'm particularly interested in papers or recent texts that offer an evaluation/critique of Connectist theory or models along the above lines. Thanks in advance, Farhan Hassan Hassan@Oxy.edu p.s. I'd be happy to share responses with anyone interested in them.