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Concepts in artificial organisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Angelo Cangelosi  and
Domenico Parisi
Angelo Cangelosi
Affiliation:
Centre for Neural and Adaptive Systems, University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA Plymouth, United Kingdomangelo@soc.plym.ac.ukwww.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/research/neural
Domenico Parisi
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology, CNR – National Research Council, 00137 Rome, Italydomenico@kant.irmkant.rm.cnr.itgracco.irmkant.rm.cnr.it
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Abstract

Simulations with neural networks living in a virtual environment can be used to explore and test hypotheses concerning concepts and language. The advantages that result from this approach include (1) the notion that a concept can be precisely defined and examined, (2) that concepts can be studied in both nonverbal and verbal artificial organisms, and (3) concepts have properties that depend on the environment as well as on the organism's adaptive behavior in response to the environment.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 68 - 69
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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