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A category theory approach to human cognition

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26280051
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypePartial Multi-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Cognitive science
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Phillips Steven  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 人間情報研究部門, 上級主任研究員 (90344209)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 武田 裕司  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, 自動車ヒューマンファクター研究センター, 研究チーム長 (10357410)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥15,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥11,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,570,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥5,980,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,380,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Keywords圏論 / 普遍的構造 / システム性 / 学習 / 刺激-反応 / category theory / universal construction / systematicity / learning / stimulus-response / compositionality / cognitive architecture / cost-benefit / EEG / synchrony / empirical Bayes / visual search
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We explained systematicity in terms of the category theory concept of universal constructions. Experimentally, we tested a theoretical implication that failure of systematicity derives from a cost/benefit trade-off for the universal construction. Participants learned two series of cue-target pair maps whose underlying structures were either products (universal construction), or non-products (control). Each series was learned in either ascending or descending order of size: number of unique cue/target elements constituting pairs. Only performance on the product series was affected by order: systematicity was obtained universally in the descend group, but only on large sets in the ascend group. Consistent with the theory, the results suggest that learning small maps directly, without reference to the underlying product, may be perceived as more cost-effective, i.e., acquisition of a universal construction, hence systematicity, depends on an empirical cost-benefit trade-off.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • 2014 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 5 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 4 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Mathematical fixation: search viewed through a cognitive lense.(in press)2017

    • Author(s)
      Phillips, S., & Takeda, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Behavioral and Brain Sciences

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Systematicity and a categorical theory of cognitive architecture: universal construction in context.2016

    • Author(s)
      Phillips, S., & Wilson W. H.
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Psychology

      Volume: 7

    • DOI

      10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01139

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Second-order systematicity of associative learning: a paradox for classical compositionality and a coalgebraic resolution.2016

    • Author(s)
      Phillips, S., & Wilson, W. H.
    • Journal Title

      PLoS ONE

      Volume: 11(8)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Commentary: Experimental evidence for compositional syntax in bird calls.2016

    • Author(s)
      Phillips, S., & Wilson W. H.
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Psychology

      Volume: 7

    • DOI

      10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01171

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Why are there failures of systematicity? The empirical costs and benefits of inducing universal constructions.2016

    • Author(s)
      Phillips, S., Takeda, Y., & Sugimoto, F.
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Psychology

      Volume: 7

    • DOI

      10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01310

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Statistical detection of EEG synchrony using Empirical Bayesian inference2015

    • Author(s)
      Singh, A. K., Asoh, H., Takeda, Y., & Phillips, S.
    • Journal Title

      PLoS ONE

      Volume: 10 Issue: 3 Pages: e0121795-e0121795

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pone.0121795

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Why are we (un)systematic? The (empirical) costs and benefits of learning universal constructions.2016

    • Author(s)
      Phillips, S., Takeda, Y., & Sugimoto, F.
    • Organizer
      Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Philadelphia, PA.
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-11
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Why are we (un)systematic: the (empirical) costs and benefits of learning universal constructions2016

    • Author(s)
      Phillips, S., Takeda, Y. & Sugimoto, F.
    • Organizer
      37th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Philadelphia, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-10
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ). Cognitive architecture and second-order systematicity: categorical compositionality and a (co)recursion model of systematic learning2015

    • Author(s)
      Phillips, S., & Wilson, W. H.
    • Organizer
      37th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Pasedena, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-23
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Cognitive architecture and second-order systematicity: categorical compositionality and a (co)recursion model of systematic learning2015

    • Author(s)
      Phillips, S., & Wilson, W. H.
    • Organizer
      37th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Pasedena, USA
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-22 – 2015-07-25
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report

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