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– ## Chapter5.4_Informationprocessinginneuralnetworks-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt

– ## Chapter8.1_Architecturesforintelligentagents-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt

– ## Chapter5.1_Neurallyinspiredmodelsofinformationprocessing-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt

– Chapter5.3_Multilayernetworks-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt
– Chapter8.4_Hybridarchitectures-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt
– Chapter8.2_Fodoronthemodularityofmind-revisedfor3rdedition.pptx
– Chapter7.3_Neuroeconomics_Bayesinthebrain-createdfor3rdedition.ppt
– Chapter7.2_PerceptionasaBayesianproblem-createdfor3rdedition.ppt
– Chapter6.1_Cognitivescienceanddynamicalsystems-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt
– Chapter6.2_Applyingdynamicalsystems-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt
– Chapter5.2_Single-layernetworksandBooleanfunctions-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt
– Chapter8.3_Themassivemodularityhypothesis-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt
– pssh.pdf
– Chapter7.1_Bayesianism_Aprimer-createdfor3rdedition.ppt

**## Psych421chapter5678.docx**

**Chapter 5 – Artificially Modeling the mind (200 words)**

Hello; for this week, please, read chapter 5 and answer the following questions:

1.
**How do artificial neural network models work alongside neuroscientific techniques to help us study the brain? What do they add to our understanding?**

2.
**Why do you think training is such a key part of neural network modeling? How does it shape the way these models work?**

3.
**How similar do you think artificial neural networks are to the real brain? Are there aspects where they feel biologically realistic or where they fall short?**

4.
**What are the main features of artificial neural networks? How would you compare them to the physical symbol system model of information processing?**

**Chapter 6 – The Dynamical Mind (200 words)**

During this week, please, read Chapter 6 and answer the following questions:

1.
**What’s the main idea behind the dynamical systems hypothesis? Do you find it convincing, and why or why not?**

2.
**How does the example of the Watt governor help Van Gelder make his point? Can you think of other examples that might support his argument?**

3.
**Dynamical models seem great for studying how skills like walking develop. Do you think they could also be useful for exploring other cognitive processes? Why or why not?**

4.
**The A-not-B error is a fascinating phenomenon. Do you think there might be other plausible cognitive explanations for why it happens?**

**Resources for Chapter 6, others are attached**

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSHZ_b05W7o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSHZ_b05W7o)

[http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Chinese_room_argument](http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Chinese_room_argument)

**Chapter 7 – Bayesian Systems in the mind (200 words)**

For this week you will read Chapter 7. After that, answer the following questions:

1.
**Do you think the Bayesian idea that beliefs can have degrees of certainty makes sense? Why or why not?**

2.
**Can you explain how Bayes’s Rule works in simple terms? Why do you think it’s so widely used?**

3.
**What’s the connection between Bayesian thinking and Gestalt approaches to perception? How do they help us understand how we make sense of what we see?**

4.
**What’s the challenge posed by the St. Petersburg game? Do you think distinguishing between monetary value and utility helps solve it?**

**Chapter 8 – Modules to Build a Mind (200 words)**

For this week, please, read Chapter 8 and answer the following questions.

1.
**What are the main differences between the three agent architectures described in the text? How would you explain these differences to someone new to the topic?**

2.
**What are the key features of modular processing, according to Fodor? Why do you think these characteristics are important?**

3.
**How does the massive modularity thesis differ from Fodor’s ideas about modularity? Which approach do you find more convincing, and why?**

4.
**Why do Cosmides and Tooby argue that a module for detecting cheaters evolved? How convincing do you find their reasoning?**

**## Chapter5.4_Informationprocessinginneuralnetworks-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

Chapter 5.4:

Information processing in neural networks

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Level of analysis

– Neural networks are models of information-processing at the algorithmic level

• alternatives to symbolic algorithms

• not implementations of symbolic algorithms

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Modeling information-processing

• Neural networks are algorithmic in a limited sense

• algorithms for updating activation levels

• learning rules are algorithmic

• But not algorithmic in the same way as PSS

• algorithms are not task-specific

• algorithms do not operate over representations

• Algorithms change weights and thresholds at the level of individual units

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Representations

• Representations in a neural network need not be located in distinct physical locations

• The network’s “knowledge” lies in its pattern of weights and thresholds

• The power of distributed (as opposed to localist) networks comes from the fact that the network doesn’t need a separate unit to code every feature to which it is sensitive

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Problem

• In what sense do neural networks actually contain representations?

Superpositional storage

• Once a network has been trained, all its knowledge is encoded in a single set of weights

• Each instance of information-processing involves an input vector and the weight vector

• This makes it difficult to think about the network’s knowledge as composed of discrete items (e.g. particular beliefs)

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

No clear distinction between information storage and information processing

• Parallel rather than serial processing as activation spreads through a network

• Knowledge distributed across a network (rather than stored in discrete symbol structures)

• Processing does not reply on explicit rules (other than those governing how activation flows through the network)

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Biological plausibility: compare to PSS

– Many cognitive abilities are difficult to model in a rule-based way

Context effects in perception (explosion of rules)

Pattern completion

Language (particularly languages such as English with many irregular forms)

– Connectionist networks are very successful on pattern recognition tasks (e.g. mine/rock)

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

**## Chapter8.1_Architecturesforintelligentagents-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

Chapter 8.1:

Architectures for intelligent agents

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Overview

• review general issue of mental architecture

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Agent architectures

– Agent architectures illustrate the different components that make up an agent and how those components are organized
– What is an agent?

Definition: an agent is a system that perceives its environment through sensory systems of some type and acts upon that environment through effector systems.

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Note that mental architectures were introduced in the slides to Chapter 5.

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Agent architectures

– How do cognitive scientists decide which sorts of agents are worth modeling?

– Three main types of agents

Simple reflex

Goal-based

Learning

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Simple reflex agent

– Production rules (e.g., IF… THEN rules)
– Not a cognitive system

No information processing

Simply acting on information

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Simple reflex agent

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Goal-based agent

– Does not simply act on information

– Works out the consequences of different possible actions and then evaluates those consequences in light of its goals

– However, no capacity for learning

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Goal-based agent

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Learning agent

– Can detect errors

– Can experiment with different ways of achieving its goals, in light of past failures

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Learning agent

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

**## Chapter5.1_Neurallyinspiredmodelsofinformationprocessing-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

Chapter 5.1:

Neurally inspired models of information processing

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Overview

– Introduce basic principles of connectionist networks

– Introduce different types of activation function

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Features of connectionist networks

• Exploit parallel processing

• Can be used to model multiple satisfaction of soft constraints

• Do not feature explicit (content-specific) rules

• Exhibit graceful degradation

• Intended as models of information-processing at the algorithmic level

• Capable of learning

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Note that this was introduced in chapter 3

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Neurons and network units

Fig. 2

An artificial neuron:

Ii Input i

Wi The weight attached to input i

T The threshold of the neuron

X The total input to the neuron

S The output signal

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Activation functions

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Networks and layers

• Basic distinction

Single-unit networks [a.k.a. single layer networks]

Multilayer networks

• Different learning rules

• Only multilayer networks have hidden units

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

**Chapter5.3_Multilayernetworks-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter8.4_Hybridarchitectures-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter8.2_Fodoronthemodularityofmind-revisedfor3rdedition.pptx**

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**Chapter7.3_Neuroeconomics_Bayesinthebrain-createdfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter7.2_PerceptionasaBayesianproblem-createdfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter6.1_Cognitivescienceanddynamicalsystems-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter6.2_Applyingdynamicalsystems-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter5.2_Single-layernetworksandBooleanfunctions-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter8.3_Themassivemodularityhypothesis-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**pssh.pdf**

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**Chapter7.1_Bayesianism_Aprimer-createdfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter7.1_Bayesianism_Aprimer-createdfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**## Psych421chapter5678.docx**

**Chapter 5 – Artificially Modeling the mind (200 words)**

Hello; for this week, please, read chapter 5 and answer the following questions:

1.
**How do artificial neural network models work alongside neuroscientific techniques to help us study the brain? What do they add to our understanding?**

2.
**Why do you think training is such a key part of neural network modeling? How does it shape the way these models work?**

3.
**How similar do you think artificial neural networks are to the real brain? Are there aspects where they feel biologically realistic or where they fall short?**

4.
**What are the main features of artificial neural networks? How would you compare them to the physical symbol system model of information processing?**

**Chapter 6 – The Dynamical Mind (200 words)**

During this week, please, read Chapter 6 and answer the following questions:

1.
**What’s the main idea behind the dynamical systems hypothesis? Do you find it convincing, and why or why not?**

2.
**How does the example of the Watt governor help Van Gelder make his point? Can you think of other examples that might support his argument?**

3.
**Dynamical models seem great for studying how skills like walking develop. Do you think they could also be useful for exploring other cognitive processes? Why or why not?**

4.
**The A-not-B error is a fascinating phenomenon. Do you think there might be other plausible cognitive explanations for why it happens?**

**Resources for Chapter 6, others are attached**

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSHZ_b05W7o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSHZ_b05W7o)

[http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Chinese_room_argument](http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Chinese_room_argument)

**Chapter 7 – Bayesian Systems in the mind (200 words)**

For this week you will read Chapter 7. After that, answer the following questions:

1.
**Do you think the Bayesian idea that beliefs can have degrees of certainty makes sense? Why or why not?**

2.
**Can you explain how Bayes’s Rule works in simple terms? Why do you think it’s so widely used?**

3.
**What’s the connection between Bayesian thinking and Gestalt approaches to perception? How do they help us understand how we make sense of what we see?**

4.
**What’s the challenge posed by the St. Petersburg game? Do you think distinguishing between monetary value and utility helps solve it?**

**Chapter 8 – Modules to Build a Mind (200 words)**

For this week, please, read Chapter 8 and answer the following questions.

1.
**What are the main differences between the three agent architectures described in the text? How would you explain these differences to someone new to the topic?**

2.
**What are the key features of modular processing, according to Fodor? Why do you think these characteristics are important?**

3.
**How does the massive modularity thesis differ from Fodor’s ideas about modularity? Which approach do you find more convincing, and why?**

4.
**Why do Cosmides and Tooby argue that a module for detecting cheaters evolved? How convincing do you find their reasoning?**

**## Chapter5.4_Informationprocessinginneuralnetworks-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

Chapter 5.4:

Information processing in neural networks

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Level of analysis

– Neural networks are models of information-processing at the algorithmic level

• alternatives to symbolic algorithms

• not implementations of symbolic algorithms

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Modeling information-processing

• Neural networks are algorithmic in a limited sense

• algorithms for updating activation levels

• learning rules are algorithmic

• But not algorithmic in the same way as PSS

• algorithms are not task-specific

• algorithms do not operate over representations

• Algorithms change weights and thresholds at the level of individual units

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Representations

• Representations in a neural network need not be located in distinct physical locations

• The network’s “knowledge” lies in its pattern of weights and thresholds

• The power of distributed (as opposed to localist) networks comes from the fact that the network doesn’t need a separate unit to code every feature to which it is sensitive

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Problem

• In what sense do neural networks actually contain representations?

Superpositional storage

• Once a network has been trained, all its knowledge is encoded in a single set of weights

• Each instance of information-processing involves an input vector and the weight vector

• This makes it difficult to think about the network’s knowledge as composed of discrete items (e.g. particular beliefs)

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

No clear distinction between information storage and information processing

• Parallel rather than serial processing as activation spreads through a network

• Knowledge distributed across a network (rather than stored in discrete symbol structures)

• Processing does not reply on explicit rules (other than those governing how activation flows through the network)

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Biological plausibility: compare to PSS

– Many cognitive abilities are difficult to model in a rule-based way

Context effects in perception (explosion of rules)

Pattern completion

Language (particularly languages such as English with many irregular forms)

– Connectionist networks are very successful on pattern recognition tasks (e.g. mine/rock)

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

**## Chapter8.1_Architecturesforintelligentagents-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

Chapter 8.1:

Architectures for intelligent agents

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Overview

• review general issue of mental architecture

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Agent architectures

– Agent architectures illustrate the different components that make up an agent and how those components are organized
– What is an agent?

Definition: an agent is a system that perceives its environment through sensory systems of some type and acts upon that environment through effector systems.

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Note that mental architectures were introduced in the slides to Chapter 5.

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Agent architectures

– How do cognitive scientists decide which sorts of agents are worth modeling?

– Three main types of agents

Simple reflex

Goal-based

Learning

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Simple reflex agent

– Production rules (e.g., IF… THEN rules)
– Not a cognitive system

No information processing

Simply acting on information

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Simple reflex agent

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Goal-based agent

– Does not simply act on information

– Works out the consequences of different possible actions and then evaluates those consequences in light of its goals

– However, no capacity for learning

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Goal-based agent

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Learning agent

– Can detect errors

– Can experiment with different ways of achieving its goals, in light of past failures

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Learning agent

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

*

**## Chapter5.1_Neurallyinspiredmodelsofinformationprocessing-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

Chapter 5.1:

Neurally inspired models of information processing

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Overview

– Introduce basic principles of connectionist networks

– Introduce different types of activation function

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Features of connectionist networks

• Exploit parallel processing

• Can be used to model multiple satisfaction of soft constraints

• Do not feature explicit (content-specific) rules

• Exhibit graceful degradation

• Intended as models of information-processing at the algorithmic level

• Capable of learning

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Note that this was introduced in chapter 3

*

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Neurons and network units

Fig. 2

An artificial neuron:

Ii Input i

Wi The weight attached to input i

T The threshold of the neuron

X The total input to the neuron

S The output signal

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Activation functions

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Networks and layers

• Basic distinction

Single-unit networks [a.k.a. single layer networks]

Multilayer networks

• Different learning rules

• Only multilayer networks have hidden units

Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

**Chapter5.3_Multilayernetworks-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter8.4_Hybridarchitectures-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter8.2_Fodoronthemodularityofmind-revisedfor3rdedition.pptx**

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**Chapter7.3_Neuroeconomics_Bayesinthebrain-createdfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter7.2_PerceptionasaBayesianproblem-createdfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter6.1_Cognitivescienceanddynamicalsystems-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter5.2_Single-layernetworksandBooleanfunctions-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter7.1_Bayesianism_Aprimer-createdfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**## Psych421chapter5678.docx**

**Chapter 5 – Artificially Modeling the mind (200 words)**

Hello; for this week, please, read chapter 5 and answer the following questions:

1.
**How do artificial neural network models work alongside neuroscientific techniques to help us study the brain? What do they add to our understanding?**

2.
**Why do you think training is such a key part of neural network modeling? How does it shape the way these models work?**

3.
**How similar do you think artificial neural networks are to the real brain? Are there aspects where they feel biologically realistic or where they fall short?**

4.
**What are the main features of artificial neural networks? How would you compare them to the physical symbol system model of information processing?**

**Chapter 6 – The Dynamical Mind (200 words)**

During this week, please, read Chapter 6 and answer the following questions:

1.
**What’s the main idea behind the dynamical systems hypothesis? Do you find it convincing, and why or why not?**

2.
**How does the example of the Watt governor help Van Gelder make his point? Can you think of other examples that might support his argument?**

3.
**Dynamical models seem great for studying how skills like walking develop. Do you think they could also be useful for exploring other cognitive processes? Why or why not?**

4.
**The A-not-B error is a fascinating phenomenon. Do you think there might be other plausible cognitive explanations for why it happens?**

**Resources for Chapter 6, others are attached**

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSHZ_b05W7o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSHZ_b05W7o)

[http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Chinese_room_argument](http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Chinese_room_argument)

**Chapter 7 – Bayesian Systems in the mind (200 words)**

For this week you will read Chapter 7. After that, answer the following questions:

1.
**Do you think the Bayesian idea that beliefs can have degrees of certainty makes sense? Why or why not?**

2.
**Can you explain how Bayes’s Rule works in simple terms? Why do you think it’s so widely used?**

3.
**What’s the connection between Bayesian thinking and Gestalt approaches to perception? How do they help us understand how we make sense of what we see?**

4.
**What’s the challenge posed by the St. Petersburg game? Do you think distinguishing between monetary value and utility helps solve it?**

**Chapter 8 – Modules to Build a Mind (200 words)**

For this week, please, read Chapter 8 and answer the following questions.

1.
**What are the main differences between the three agent architectures described in the text? How would you explain these differences to someone new to the topic?**

2.
**What are the key features of modular processing, according to Fodor? Why do you think these characteristics are important?**

3.
**How does the massive modularity thesis differ from Fodor’s ideas about modularity? Which approach do you find more convincing, and why?**

4.
**Why do Cosmides and Tooby argue that a module for detecting cheaters evolved? How convincing do you find their reasoning?**

**## Chapter5.4_Informationprocessinginneuralnetworks-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

Chapter 5.4:

Information processing in neural networks

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Level of analysis

– Neural networks are models of information-processing at the algorithmic level

• alternatives to symbolic algorithms

• not implementations of symbolic algorithms

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Modeling information-processing

• Neural networks are algorithmic in a limited sense

• algorithms for updating activation levels

• learning rules are algorithmic

• But not algorithmic in the same way as PSS

• algorithms are not task-specific

• algorithms do not operate over representations

• Algorithms change weights and thresholds at the level of individual units

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Representations

• Representations in a neural network need not be located in distinct physical locations

• The network’s “knowledge” lies in its pattern of weights and thresholds

• The power of distributed (as opposed to localist) networks comes from the fact that the network doesn’t need a separate unit to code every feature to which it is sensitive

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Problem

• In what sense do neural networks actually contain representations?

Superpositional storage

• Once a network has been trained, all its knowledge is encoded in a single set of weights

• Each instance of information-processing involves an input vector and the weight vector

• This makes it difficult to think about the network’s knowledge as composed of discrete items (e.g. particular beliefs)

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No clear distinction between information storage and information processing

• Parallel rather than serial processing as activation spreads through a network

• Knowledge distributed across a network (rather than stored in discrete symbol structures)

• Processing does not reply on explicit rules (other than those governing how activation flows through the network)

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Biological plausibility: compare to PSS

– Many cognitive abilities are difficult to model in a rule-based way

Context effects in perception (explosion of rules)

Pattern completion

Language (particularly languages such as English with many irregular forms)

– Connectionist networks are very successful on pattern recognition tasks (e.g. mine/rock)

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**## Chapter8.1_Architecturesforintelligentagents-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

Chapter 8.1:

Architectures for intelligent agents

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Overview

• review general issue of mental architecture

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Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Agent architectures

– Agent architectures illustrate the different components that make up an agent and how those components are organized
– What is an agent?

Definition: an agent is a system that perceives its environment through sensory systems of some type and acts upon that environment through effector systems.

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Agent architectures

– How do cognitive scientists decide which sorts of agents are worth modeling?

– Three main types of agents

Simple reflex

Goal-based

Learning

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Simple reflex agent

– Production rules (e.g., IF… THEN rules)
– Not a cognitive system

No information processing

Simply acting on information

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Simple reflex agent

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Goal-based agent

– Does not simply act on information

– Works out the consequences of different possible actions and then evaluates those consequences in light of its goals

– However, no capacity for learning

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Goal-based agent

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Learning agent

– Can detect errors

– Can experiment with different ways of achieving its goals, in light of past failures

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Learning agent

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**## Chapter5.1_Neurallyinspiredmodelsofinformationprocessing-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

Chapter 5.1:

Neurally inspired models of information processing

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Overview

– Introduce basic principles of connectionist networks

– Introduce different types of activation function

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Cognitive Science  José Luis Bermúdez / Cambridge University Press 2020

Features of connectionist networks

• Exploit parallel processing

• Can be used to model multiple satisfaction of soft constraints

• Do not feature explicit (content-specific) rules

• Exhibit graceful degradation

• Intended as models of information-processing at the algorithmic level

• Capable of learning

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Note that this was introduced in chapter 3

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Neurons and network units

Fig. 2

An artificial neuron:

Ii Input i

Wi The weight attached to input i

T The threshold of the neuron

X The total input to the neuron

S The output signal

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Activation functions

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Networks and layers

• Basic distinction

Single-unit networks [a.k.a. single layer networks]

Multilayer networks

• Different learning rules

• Only multilayer networks have hidden units

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**Chapter5.3_Multilayernetworks-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter8.4_Hybridarchitectures-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter8.2_Fodoronthemodularityofmind-revisedfor3rdedition.pptx**

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**Chapter7.3_Neuroeconomics_Bayesinthebrain-createdfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter7.2_PerceptionasaBayesianproblem-createdfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter6.1_Cognitivescienceanddynamicalsystems-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter5.2_Single-layernetworksandBooleanfunctions-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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**Chapter8.3_Themassivemodularityhypothesis-revisedfor3rdedition.ppt**

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