Deep problems with neural network models of human vision

JS Bowers, G Malhotra, M Dujmović… - Behavioral and Brain …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Deep neural networks (DNNs) have had extraordinary successes in classifying
photographic images of objects and are often described as the best models of biological …

Reclaiming AI as a theoretical tool for cognitive science

I Van Rooij, O Guest, F Adolfi, R de Haan… - Computational Brain & …, 2024 - Springer
The idea that human cognition is, or can be understood as, a form of computation is a useful
conceptual tool for cognitive science. It was a foundational assumption during the birth of …

Visual cognition in multimodal large language models

LM Schulze Buschoff, E Akata, M Bethge… - Nature Machine …, 2025 - nature.com
A chief goal of artificial intelligence is to build machines that think like people. Yet it has
been argued that deep neural network architectures fail to accomplish this. Researchers …

From empirical problem-solving to theoretical problem-finding perspectives on the cognitive sciences

F Adolfi, L van de Braak, M Woensdregt - Computational Brain & Behavior, 2024 - Springer
Meta-theoretical perspectives on the research problems and activities of (cognitive)
scientists often emphasize empirical problems and problem-solving as the main aspects that …

Have we built machines that think like people?

LMS Buschoff, E Akata, M Bethge, E Schulz - ar** to in the Brain? A Case Against Over-Reliance on Brain Scores
E Feghhi, N Hadidi, B Song, IA Blank… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Given the remarkable capabilities of large language models (LLMs), there has been a
growing interest in evaluating their similarity to the human brain. One approach towards …

Visual Reasoning in Object-Centric Deep Neural Networks: A Comparative Cognition Approach

G Puebla, JS Bowers - arxiv preprint arxiv:2402.12675, 2024 - arxiv.org
Achieving visual reasoning is a long-term goal of artificial intelligence. In the last decade,
several studies have applied deep neural networks (DNNs) to the task of learning visual …