?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Neural+Network+Models+of+Categorical+Perception&rft.creator=Damper%2C+R.I.&rft.creator=Harnad%2C+S.R.&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Studies+of+the+categorical+perception+(CP)+of+sensory+continua+have+a+long+and+rich+history+in%0Apsychophysics.+In+1977%2C+Macmillan+et+al.+introduced+the+use+of+signal+detection+theory+to+CP%0Astudies.+Anderson+et+al.+simultaneously+proposed+the+first+neural+model+for+CP%2C+yet+this+line%0Aof+research+has+been+less+well+explored.+In+this+paper%2C+we+assess+the+ability+of+neural-network%0Amodels+of+CP+to+predict+the+psychophysical+performance+of+real+observers+with+speech+sounds%0Aand+artificial%2Fnovel+stimuli.+We+show+that+a+variety+of+neural+mechanisms+is+capable+of+gen-erating%0Athe+characteristics+of+categorical+perception.+Hence%2C+CP+may+not+be+a+special+mode+of%0Aperception+but+an+emergent+property+of+any+sufficiently+powerful+general+learning+system.&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1620%2F3%2Fpaper.pdf&rft.identifier=++Damper%2C+R.I.+and+Harnad%2C+S.R.++(2000)+Neural+Network+Models+of+Categorical+Perception.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1620%2F