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Creativity or mental illness: Possible errors of relational priming in neural networks of the brain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2008

James E. Swain  and
John D. Swain
James E. Swain
Affiliation:
Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
John D. Swain
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115. james.swain@yale.eduhttp://myprofile.cos.com/jameseswainJohn.swain@cern.chhttp://www.physics.neu.edu/Department/Vtwo/faculty/swain.htm
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Abstract

If connectionist computational models explain the acquisition of complex cognitive skills, errors in such models would also help explain unusual brain activity such as in creativity – as well as in mental illness, including childhood onset problems with social behaviors in autism, the inability to maintain focus in attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and the lack of motivation of depression disorders.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , August 2008 , pp. 398 - 399
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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