Abstract Neural networks (Sverker Sikström, September 8, 0800)

Content

The goal of this lecture is provide a basic instruction of how the function of simple and abstract neural networks. 

 

What you should learn

Conceptual understanding how information is represented, encoding, and retrieved in a abstract neural network (e.g., Hopfield network)

How basic findings in human memory can understood in terms of an abstract neural network.

 

Power points

Abstract neural networks and memory  

 

Reading instructions

  • Taulli chapter 3

 

Extra readings:

Sikström S. The variance reaction time model. Cogn Psychol. 2004 Jun;48(4):371-421. doi: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2003.08.002. PMID: 15099797.

Sikström, S. (2002). Forgetting curves: implications for connectionist models. Cogn Psychol
. 2004 Jun;48(4):371-421. doi: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2003.08.002.