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Representing task context: proposals based on a connectionist model of action.

Matthew Botvinick1, David C Plaut

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, University of Pensylvania School of Medicine and Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, USA. mmb@mail.med.upenn.edu

Psychological Research
|December 6, 2002
PubMed
Summary

This study proposes a new model for task representation, viewing them as continuous patterns rather than discrete units. This approach offers insights into cognitive underspecification and information-sharing in human behavior.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Human Behavior

Background:

  • Task representations are crucial for behavior but poorly understood.
  • Current theories assume discrete, independent, non-overlapping task representations.
  • An alternative view posits graded, distributed patterns in a shared representational space.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present an alternative computational model of task representation.
  • To explore the implications of this model for cognitive underspecification and information-sharing.
  • To challenge existing assumptions about the discrete nature of task representations.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a computational model for routine sequential action.
  • Focus on the implications of the model for understanding task representation.

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  • Analysis of the model's relevance to cognitive underspecification and information-sharing concepts.

    • Main Results:

    • The proposed model offers a graded, distributed view of task representations.
    • This framework provides a novel perspective on cognitive underspecification.
    • The model sheds light on information-sharing mechanisms in cognitive operations.

    Conclusions:

    • Task representations may be better understood as continuous, shared patterns.
    • This distributed representational space model has significant implications for cognitive theory.
    • The model offers a unified account for phenomena like cognitive underspecification and information-sharing.