PSYC 532 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Memory Consolidation, Connectionism, Deep Learning

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 532
• Professor: Stevan Harnad

Document Summary

Psyc 532: week 1 - lecture 1 introduction. Modeling shows how networks of neurons can accomplish this. Cognitive science = multi-disciplinary study of natural & artificial cognition. History of cognitive science: rooted in philosophy --> cognitive science in 1950s. 3 main influences in 1950s : cognitive psychology (milner), linguistics (chomsky mit), computer science. -> cognitive science extends these theories by specifying & testing detailed computational mechanisms that might generate cognition. Formal descriptions & intuitive analyses n cognitive science complements these by postulating psychologically realistic & computationally tractable mechanisms that might underlie language production & comprehension. -> cognitive science tempers these by requiring psychological & neurological plausibility. Uses conceptual analysis & logic ncognitive science is guided by conceptual analysis. Generates new philosophical issues of its own. Understanding of how brain works n how individual neurons function. Imagery provides evidence of where cognition occurs.