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A phase transition between localist and distributed representation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Peter C. M. Molenaar  and
Maartje E. J. Raijmakers
Peter C. M. Molenaar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The [email protected]
Maartje E. J. Raijmakers
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The [email protected]
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Abstract

Bifurcation analysis of a real-time implementation of an ART network, which is functionally similar to the generalized localist model discussed in Page's manifesto shows that it yields a phase transition from local to distributed representation owing to continuous variation of the range of inhibitory connections. Hence there appears to be a qualitative dichotomy between local and distributed representations at the level of connectionistic networks conceived of as instances of nonlinear dynamical systems.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2000 , pp. 486
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press

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