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The Japanese journal of neuropsychology

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ArticleTitle Connectionist approach
Language J
AuthorList Mutsuo Ijuin
Affiliation Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Health and Welfare, Prefectural University of Hiroshima
Publication Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 34 (3), 218-226, 2018
Received
Accepted
Abstract Methodologically, cognitive psychology (or cognitive neuropsychology) has adopted the information-processing approach to understand and appreciate human cognition. On this approach, human cognitive system is viewed as being analogous to a computer. Instead of the computer metaphor approach, connectionist approach seeks a source of metaphors from brain, offers brain-style computational system which has an architecture based on consideration of how brains might function, and investigates mechanisms how mental operations might be accomplished. The present review aims to indicate some important features of connectionist approach through our simulation studies using connectionist model for reading words, to show the difference with the conventional approach, and to introduce recent trends in the research aria.
Keywords connectionist approach, triangle model, lexical processing, reading

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