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Psychological studies of symbolic processing and parallel distributed processing

Research Project

Project/Area Number 02301012
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Psychology
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokto

Principal Investigator

NAKATANI kazuo  University of Tokyo, Department of Psychology, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (00026816)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ICHIKAWA Shinichi  Tokyo Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Associate Professor, 工学部, 助教授 (70134335)
SHIMOJO Shinsuke  University of Tokyo, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Associate Professor, 教養学部, 助教授 (70183837)
TAKANO Yotaro  University of Tokyo, Department of Psychology, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (20197122)
TACHIBANA Masao  University of Tokyo, Department of Psychology, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (60132734)
NIKI Hiroaki  University of Tokyo, Department of Psychology, Professor, 大学部, 教授 (10073074)
Project Period (FY) 1990 – 1991
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1991)
Budget Amount *help
¥13,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥10,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,000,000)
Keywordssensuous processing / problem solving / PDP model / auto-regression model / motion perception / glutamic acid / retinal bipolar cell / GO / NO-GO response / 情報処理心理学 / 感性 / GO / NOGO反応
Research Abstract

The hypothesis of the project of our research was that human problem solving which tends to be regarded to be executed by symbolic processes are actually executed by parallel distributed processes in our brains. To testify the hypothesis, the project aimed to investigate the difference between the internal representations of symbolic processes and those of parallel distributed processes and to contrast concurrent information processes and successive information processes. The results of the project, composed of four groups ; the mathematical group, the perception group, the cognition group, and the behavior group, are as follows.
The mathematical group constructed an auto-regression model for the information processing of motion perception, compared an artificial inference system organized with Prolog and a human inference system, and investigated a genetic algorithm, which is a fundamental model of human information processing.
The perception group identified glutamic acid as a chemical transmitter between retinal bipolar cells and retinal ganglion cells.
The cognition group simulated some abilities of human problem solving by a PDP model which included the intuitive understanding of the rule of free-fall objects and the formulation of a law of physics.
The experiment of the behavior group was to analyze the problem solving of macaque monkeys which made GO/NO-GO responses to stimuli with relevant dimensions varied frequently and to investigate the brain units of the monkeys associated with the stimulus-response relations.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1991 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1990 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (23 results)

All Other

All Publications (23 results)

  • [Publications] 中谷 和夫: "心理学からみたニュ-ラルネット" 電子情報通信学会誌. 73. 696-700 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中谷 和夫: "運動視の計算論アプロ-チとその心理学的意義" 心理学評論. 34. 193-209 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tachidana,M.& Okada,T.: "Release of endogenous excitatiry amino acids from bipolar cells isolated from the goldfish retina." Journal of Neuroscience. 11. 2199-2208 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Shigeno,S.: "Assimilation and contrast in the phonetic perception of vowels." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 90. 103-111 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] NiKi,H.,Sugita,S.,& Watanabe,M.: "Modification of the activity of primate frontal neurons during learning of a GO/NO-GO discrimination and its reversal:a progress report." Vision,Memory,and the Temporal Lobe:Proceedings of the Tokyo symposium. 696-700 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ichikawa,S.& Takeichi,H.: "Erroneous beliefs in estimating posterior probability." Behavionetrika. 27. 59-73 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Nakatani, K.: "Neural network models in psychology." The Journal of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers. 73. 696-700 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Nakatani, K.: "Computational approach to motion perception in psychology." Japanese Psychological Review. 34. 193-209 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tachibana, M. & Okada, T.: "Release of endogenous excitatory amino acids from bipolar cells isolated from the goldfish retina." Journal of Neuroscience. 11. 2199-2208 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Niki, H., Sugita, S., & Watanabe, M.: "Modification of the activity of primate frontal neurons during learning of a GO/NO-GO discrimination and its reversal : a progress report." Vision, Memory, and the Temporal Lobe : Proceedings of the Tokyo symposium. 696-700 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Shigeno, S.: "Assimilation and contrast in the phonetic perception of vowels." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 90. 103-111 (1991)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ichikawa, S. & Takeichi, H.: "Erroneous beliefs in estimating posterior probability." Behaviometrika. 27. 59-73 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1991 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中谷 和夫: "心理学からみたニュ-ラルネット" 電子情報通信学会誌. 73. 696-700 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中谷 和夫: "運動視の計算論アプロ-チとその心理学的意義" 心理学評論. 34. 193-209 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tachibana,M. & Okada,T.: "Release of endogenous excitatory amino acids from bipolar cells isolated from the goldfish retina." Journal of Neuroscience. 11. 2199-2208 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Shigeno,S.: "Assimilation and contrast in the phonetic perception of vowels." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 90. 103-111 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Niki,H., Sugita,S., & Watanabe,M.: "Modification of the activity of primate frontal neurons during learning of a GO/NOーGO discrimination and its reversal: a progress report." Vision,Memory,and the Temporal Lobe:Proceedings of the Tokyo symposium. 696-700 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Ichikawa,S. & Takeichi,H.: "Erroneous beliefs in estimating posterior probability." Behaviometrika. 27. 59-73 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 中谷 和夫: "心理学からみたニュ-ラルネット" 電子情報通信学会誌. 73. 696-700 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Niki,H.,Sugita,S.,& Watanabe,M.: "Modification of the activity of primate frontal neurons during learning of a GO/NOーGO discrimination and its reversal:a progress report." Vision,Memory,and the Temporal Lobe:Proceedings of the Tokyo symposium.295-304 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tachibana,M.& Okada,T.: "Release of endogenous excitatory amino acids from bipolar cells isolated from the goldfish retina." Journal of Neuroscience. (1991)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Nakayama,K.& Shimojo,S.: "da Vinci stereopsis:depth and subjective occluding contours from unpaired image points." Vision Research. 30. 1811-1825 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Ichikawa,S.& Takeichi,H.: "Erroneous beliefs in estimating posterior probability." Behaviometrika. 27. 59-73 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report

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