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Probabilistic models of cognition: exploring representations and inductive biases
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Cognitive science aims to reverse-engineer the mind, and many of the engineering challenges the mind faces involve induction. The probabilistic approach to modeling cognition begins by identifying ideal solutions to these inductive problems. Mental processes are then modeled using algorithms for approximating these solutions, and neural processes are viewed as mechanisms for implementing these algorithms, with the result being a top-down analysis of cognition starting with the function of cognitive processes. Typical connectionist models, by contrast, follow a bottom-up approach, beginning with a characterization of neural mechanisms and exploring what macro-level functional phenomena might emerge. We argue that the top-down approach yields greater flexibility for exploring the representations and inductive biases that underlie human cognition.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Griffiths, T. L., Chater, N., Kemp, C., Perfors, A., & Tenenbaum, J. B.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Carnegie Mellon University (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Griffiths, Thomas L.
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-08
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 357-364
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2167956961
- Cited by
- 568
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 53 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 28 · 2018: 44 · 2017: 36 · 2016: 37 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 29 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 32
- FWCI
- 7.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
- Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (RES-538-28-1001)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Cognitive Science and Education Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
- Keywords
- inductive bias, mental representation, top-down modeling, connectionist models, neural mechanisms
- MeSH terms
- Brain, Cognition, Humans, Models, Psychological, Predictive Value of Tests, Probability, Bias
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