On the Acquisition of Object Concepts from Sensory Data

Citation

Phillips W, Hancock PJB, Wilson NJ & Smith L (1989) On the Acquisition of Object Concepts from Sensory Data. In: Eckmiller I & von der Malsburg C (eds.) Neural Computers. Springer Study Edition, 41. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 159-168. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-83740-1_18

Abstract
We review psychological evidence that shows properties distinguishing object descriptions and sensory feature maps. We then outline a neurocomputational approach to the computation of object features from the sensory data and for learning these descriptions. We concentrate on acquiring object concepts that generalise across position on the sensory surface.

People

Professor Peter Hancock

Professor, Psychology

Professor Bill Phillips

Emeritus Professor, Psychology

Professor Leslie Smith

Emeritus Professor, Computing Science