title: Second order isomorphism: A reinterpretation and its implications in brain and cognitive sciences creator: Choe, Yoonsuck subject: Neural Modelling subject: Computational Neuroscience subject: Cognitive Psychology subject: Neural Nets description: Shepard and Chipman's second order isomorphism describes how the brain may represent the relations in the world. However, a common interpretation of the theory can cause difficulties. The problem originates from the static nature of representations. In an alternative interpretation, I propose that we assign an active role to the internal representations and relations. It turns out that a collection of such active units can perform analogical tasks. The new interpretation is supported by the existence of neural circuits that may be implementing such a function. Within this framework, perception, cognition, and motor function can be understood under a unifying principle of analogy. publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates contributor: Gray, Wayne D. contributor: Schunn, Christian D. date: 2002 type: Conference Paper type: PeerReviewed format: application/pdf identifier: http://cogprints.org/2281/1/choe.cogsci02.pdf identifier: Choe, Yoonsuck (2002) Second order isomorphism: A reinterpretation and its implications in brain and cognitive sciences. [Conference Paper] relation: http://cogprints.org/2281/