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Context-dependent feature discovery is evidence that the coordination of function is a basic cognitive capacity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

W. A. Phillips
Affiliation:
Center for Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, United Kingdomwap1@forth.stir.ac.uk www_psych.stir.ac.uk/~wap/

Abstract

Schyns et al. make a strong case for context-dependent feature discovery. The features computed from specialized and diverse data-sets help to coordinate their activity by adapting so as to emphasize what is related across sets. Their perspective can be strengthened and extended by formal arguments for the contextual guidance of learning and processing and by neurobiological and psychological evidence of structures and processes that implement this guidance.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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