?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Neural+blackboard+architectures+of+combinatorial+structures+in+cognition&rft.creator=van+der+Velde%2C+Dr.+Frank&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.description=Human+cognition+is+unique+in+the+way+in+which+it+relies+on+combinatorial+(or+compositional)+structures.+Language+provides+ample+evidence+for+the+existence+of+combinatorial+structures%2C+but+they+can+also+be+found+in+visual+cognition.+To+understand+the+neural+basis+of+human+cognition%2C+it+is+therefore+essential+to+understand+how+combinatorial+structures+can+be+instantiated+in+neural+terms.+In+his+recent+book+on+the+foundations+of+language%2C+Jackendoff+described+four+fundamental+problems+for+a+neural+instantiation+of+combinatorial+structures%3A+the+massiveness+of+the+binding+problem%2C+the+problem+of+2%2C+the+problem+of+variables+and+the+transformation+of+combinatorial+structures+from+working+memory+to+long-term+memory.+This+paper+aims+to+show+that+these+problems+can+be+solved+by+means+of+neural+%E2%80%98blackboard%E2%80%99+architectures.+For+this+purpose%2C+a+neural+blackboard+architecture+for+sentence+structure+is+presented.+In+this+architecture%2C+neural+structures+that+encode+for+words+are+temporarily+bound+in+a+manner+that+preserves+the+structure+of+the+sentence.+It+is+shown+that+the+architecture+solves+the+four+problems+presented+by+Jackendoff.+The+ability+of+the+architecture+to+instantiate+sentence+structures+is+illustrated+with+examples+of+sentence+complexity+observed+in+human+language+performance.+Similarities+exist+between+the+architecture+for+sentence+structure+and+blackboard+architectures+for+combinatorial+structures+in+visual+cognition%2C+derived+from+the+structure+of+the+visual+cortex.+These+architectures+are+briefly+discussed%2C+together+with+an+example+of+a+combinatorial+structure+in+which+the+blackboard+architectures+for+language+and+vision+are+combined.+In+this+way%2C+the+architecture+for+language+is+grounded+in+perception.++&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Departmental+Technical+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3196%2F1%2Fneuralarchs.pdf&rft.identifier=++van+der+Velde%2C+Dr.+Frank++(2003)+Neural+blackboard+architectures+of+combinatorial+structures+in+cognition.++%5BDepartmental+Technical+Report%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3196%2F