TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints618
UR  - http://cogprints.org/618/
A1  - Parisi, D
A1  - Denaro, D
A1  - Cangelosi, A
TI  - Categories and Word Meanings  in Adaptive Organisms
Y1  - 1998///
N2  - Categories and word meanings tend to be interpreted as single entities that are activated in the mind when an individual categorizes the world or uses language. We argue that this view is mistaken by using models based on neural networks and adaptive behavior simulations. Connectionist simulations of populations of organisms that live and reproduce in an environment show that categories and word meanings are open and changing collections of activation patterns in the network's internal units rather than single activation patterns.
AV  - public
KW  - adaptive behavior
KW  -  artificial life
KW  -  collective/social behavior
KW  -  communication
KW  -  agent-environment interaction
KW  -  cognition
KW  -  neural networks
ER  -

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