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--- abstract: | Shepard and Chipman's second order isomorphism describes how the brain may represent the relations in the world. However, a common interpretation of the theory can cause difficulties. The problem originates from the static nature of representations. In an alternative interpretation, I propose that we assign an active role to the internal representations and relations. It turns out that a collection of such active units can perform analogical tasks. The new interpretation is supported by the existence of neural circuits that may be implementing such a function. Within this framework, perception, cognition, and motor function can be understood under a unifying principle of analogy. altloc: - http://faculty.cs.tamu.edu/choe/ftp/publications/choe.cogsci02.pdf chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: 8/8/2002-8/10/2002 conference: 24th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society confloc: 'George Mason University, Fairfax, VA' contact_email: ~ creators_id: [] creators_name: - family: Choe given: Yoonsuck honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2002 date_type: published datestamp: 2003-02-09 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/22/81 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: [] editors_name: - family: Gray given: Wayne D. honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Schunn given: Christian D. honourific: '' lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 2281 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/2281/1/choe.cogsci02.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: thalamus analogy activeness TRN (thalamic reticular nucleus) lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:56 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: ~ pagerange: 190-195 pubdom: FALSE publication: ~ publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates refereed: TRUE referencetext: ~ relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 16:43:58 subjects: - neuro-mod - comp-neuro-sci - cog-psy - comp-sci-neural-nets succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'Second order isomorphism: A reinterpretation and its implications in brain and cognitive sciences' type: confpaper userid: 2540 volume: ~