?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Models+of+Cognition%3A+Neurological+possibility+does+not+indicate+neurological+plausibility&rft.creator=Krebs%2C+Peter+R.&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=Many+activities+in+Cognitive+Science+involve+complex+computer+models+and+simulations+of+both+theoretical+and+real+entities.+Artificial+Intelligence+and+the+study+of+artificial+neural+nets+in+particular%2C+are+seen+as+major+contributors+in+the+quest+for+understanding+the+human+mind.+Computational+models+serve+as+objects+of+experimentation%2C+and+results+from+these+virtual+experiments+are+tacitly+included+in+the+framework+of+empirical+science.+Cognitive+functions%2C+like+learning+to+speak%2C+or+discovering+syntactical+structures+in+language%2C+have+been+modeled+and+these+models+are+the+basis+for+many+claims+about+human+cognitive+capacities.+Artificial+neural+nets+(ANNs)+have+had+some+successes+in+the+field+of+Artificial+Intelligence%2C+but+the+results+from+experiments+with+simple+ANNs+may+have+little+value+in+explaining+cognitive+functions.+The+problem+seems+to+be+in+relating+cognitive+concepts+that+belong+in+the+%60top-down'+approach+to+models+grounded+in+the+%60bottom-up'+connectionist+methodology.+Merging+the+two+fundamentally+different+paradigms+within+a+single+model+can+obfuscate+what+is+really+modeled.+When+the+tools+(simple+artificial+neural+networks)+to+solve+the+problems+(explaining+aspects+of+higher+cognitive+functions)+are+mismatched%2C+models+with+little+value+in+terms+of+explaining+functions+of+the+human+mind+are+produced.+The+ability+to+learn+functions+from+data-points+makes+ANNs+very+attractive+analytical+tools.+These+tools+can+be+developed+into+valuable+models%2C+if+the+data+is+adequate+and+a+meaningful+interpretation+of+the+data+is+possible.+The+problem+is%2C+that+with+appropriate+data+and+labels+that+fit+the+desired+level+of+description%2C+almost+any+function+can+be+modeled.+It+is+my+argument+that+small+networks+offer+a+universal+framework+for+modeling+any+conceivable+cognitive+theory%2C+so+that+neurological+possibility+can+be+demonstrated+easily+with+relatively+simple+models.+However%2C+a+model+demonstrating+the+possibility+of+implementation+of+a+cognitive+function+using+a+distributed+methodology%2C+does+not+necessarily+add+support+to+any+claims+or+assumptions+that+the+cognitive+function+in+question%2C+is+neurologically+plausible.&rft.publisher=Lawrence+Erlbaum&rft.contributor=Bara%2C+Bruno+G.&rft.contributor=Barsalou%2C+Lawrence&rft.contributor=Bucciarelli%2C+Monica&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4498%2F1%2Fp1184.pdf&rft.identifier=++Krebs%2C+Peter+R.++(2005)+Models+of+Cognition%3A+Neurological+possibility+does+not+indicate+neurological+plausibility.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4498%2F