creators_name: Cangelosi, Angelo
creators_name: Parisi, Domenico
editors_name: Moore, JD
editors_name: Stenning, K
type: confposter
datestamp: 2002-01-11
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:52
metadata_visibility: show
title: How nouns and verbs differentially affect the behavior of artificial organisms
ispublished: pub
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
subjects: comp-sci-neural-nets
subjects: evol-psy
subjects: neuro-ling
subjects: psy-ling
full_text_status: public
keywords: neural networks, artificial life, langauge evolution, verbs, nouns
abstract: This paper presents an Artificial Life and Neural Network (ALNN) model for the evolution of syntax. The simulation methodology provides a unifying approach for the study of the evolution of language and its interaction with other behavioral and neural factors. The model uses an object manipulation task to simulate the evolution of language based on a simple verb-noun rule. The analyses of results focus on the interaction between language and other non-linguistic abilities, and on the neural control of linguistic abilities. The model shows that the beneficial effects of language on non-linguistic behavior are explained by the emergence of distinct internal representation patterns for the processing of verbs and nouns.
date: 2001
date_type: published
publisher: LEA
pagerange: 170-175
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Cangelosi, Angelo and Parisi, Domenico  (2001) How nouns and verbs differentially affect the behavior of artificial organisms.  [Conference Poster]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/2020/3/cangelosi-parisi-cogsci2001.pdf