Nature, nurture, and the development of functional specializations: A computational approach Export

@article{citeulike:846940, abstract = {The roles assigned to nature and nurture in the acquisition of functional specializations have been modified in recent years due to increasing evidence that experience-dependent processes are more influential in determining a brain region's functional properties than was previously supposed. Consequently, one may study the developmental principles that play a role in the acquisition of functional specializations. This article studies the hypothesis that a combination of structure-function correspondences plus the use of competition between modules leads to functional specializations. This principle has been instantiated in a family of neural network architectures referred to as "mixtures-of-experts" architectures. These architectures are sensitive to structure-function relationships in the sense that they often learn to allocate to each task a network whose structure is well-matched to that task. The viewpoint advocated here represents a middle-ground between nativist and constructivist views of modularity.}, author = {Jacobs, Robert A.}, citeulike-article-id = {846940}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/robbie/jacobs.pbr97.pdf}, journal = {Psychonomic Bulletin and Review}, keywords = {development, networks}, number = {3}, pages = {299--309}, posted-at = {2006-09-16 21:13:56}, priority = {5}, title = {Nature, nurture, and the development of functional specializations: A computational approach}, url = {http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/robbie/jacobs.pbr97.pdf}, volume = {4}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:846940 L3 - citeulike-article-id:846940 N2 - The roles assigned to nature and nurture in the acquisition of functional specializations have been modified in recent years due to increasing evidence that experience-dependent processes are more influential in determining a brain region's functional properties than was previously supposed. Consequently, one may study the developmental principles that play a role in the acquisition of functional specializations. This article studies the hypothesis that a combination of structure-function correspondences plus the use of competition between modules leads to functional specializations. This principle has been instantiated in a family of neural network architectures referred to as "mixtures-of-experts" architectures. These architectures are sensitive to structure-function relationships in the sense that they often learn to allocate to each task a network whose structure is well-matched to that task. The viewpoint advocated here represents a middle-ground between nativist and constructivist views of modularity. IS - 3 JF - Psychonomic Bulletin and Review EP - 309 TI - Nature, nurture, and the development of functional specializations: A computational approach VL - 4 SP - 299 KW - development KW - networks AU - Jacobs, Robert PY - 1997/// UR - http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/people/robbie/jacobs.pbr97.pdf ER -