Relational knowledge: The foundation of higher cognition

GS Halford, WH Wilson, S Phillips - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2010 - cell.com
Accumulating evidence on the nature, function and acquisition of relational knowledge
indicates a crucial role of such knowledge in higher cognitive processes. In this review, we …

A compositional neural architecture for language

AE Martin - Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
Hierarchical structure and compositionality imbue human language with unparalleled
expressive power and set it apart from other perception–action systems. However, neither …

Compositional abilities emerge multiplicatively: Exploring diffusion models on a synthetic task

M Okawa, ES Lubana, R Dick… - Advances in Neural …, 2023 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Modern generative models exhibit unprecedented capabilities to generate extremely
realistic data. However, given the inherent compositionality of the real world, reliable use of …

[HTML][HTML] Process philosophy

J Seibt - 2012 - plato.stanford.edu
Process philosophy is based on the premise that being is dynamic and that the dynamic
nature of being should be the primary focus of any comprehensive philosophical account of …

The impending demise of the item in visual search

J Hulleman, CNL Olivers - Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2017 - cambridge.org
The way the cognitive system scans the visual environment for relevant information–visual
search in short–has been a long-standing central topic in vision science. From its inception …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroplasticidad: aspectos bioquímicos y neurofisiológicos

MV Garcés-Vieira, JC Suárez-Escudero - Ces Medicina, 2014 - scielo.org.co
La neuroplasticidad es la potencialidad del sistema nervioso de modificarse para formar
conexiones nerviosas en respuesta a la información nueva, la estimulación sensorial, el …

A relational approach to consciousness: categories of level and contents of consciousness

N Tsuchiya, H Saigo - Neuroscience of Consciousness, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Characterizing consciousness in and of itself is notoriously difficult. Here, we propose an
alternative approach to characterize, and eventually define, consciousness through …

[HTML][HTML] Using category theory to assess the relationship between consciousness and integrated information theory

N Tsuchiya, S Taguchi, H Saigo - Neuroscience research, 2016 - Elsevier
One of the most mysterious phenomena in science is the nature of conscious experience.
Due to its subjective nature, a reductionist approach is having a hard time in addressing …

How capable can a transformer become? a study on synthetic, interpretable tasks

R Ramesh, M Khona, RP Dick, H Tanaka, ES Lubana - 2023 - par.nsf.gov
Transformers trained on huge text corpora exhibit a remarkable set of capabilities, eg,
performing simple logical operations. Given the inherent compositional nature of language …

A category theory perspective on the Language of Thought: LoT is universal

S Phillips - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The Language of Thought (LoT) hypothesis proposes that some collections of mental states
and processes are symbol systems to explain language-like systematic properties of …