THE GROSSBERG LECTURES
Linking Mind to Brain
Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems
See below for registration information
In 1983,
Since 1992, major breakthroughs have occurred in the
theoretical understanding of how a brain gives rise to a mind. Qualitatively
new computational theories have been discovered that have begun to
quantitatively explain and predict the neurophysiologically recorded dynamics
of identified nerve cells, in anatomically verified circuits and systems, and
the behaviors that they control.
Because these results clarify how an intelligent system can
autonomously adapt to a changing world, they have also been used to develop
biologically-inspired solutions to technological problems.
Several research groups have asked Professor Grossberg to
give another lecture series to chart recent progress. One two-hour tutorial
lecture will be given from
FOUNDATIONS
An
overview of recent progress
Modeling
fundamentals: Three types of memory and examples
Cooperative-competitive
dynamics and short-term memory
Habituative dynamics and
medium-term memory
Associative learning and
long-term memory
COGNITIVE AND AUDITORY INFORMATION PROCESSING
Learning,
categorization, and memory
Expectation,
matching, and cognitively-mediated attention
Adaptive
resonance and consciousness
Memory
search and hypothesis testing
A
thought experiment about cognitive error correction
Exemplar
vs. prototype learning
Auditory
streaming and scene analysis
Working
memory, chunking, and prediction
Variable-rate
speech perception and word recognition
Applications
to classification and prediction
COGNITIVE-EMOTIONAL PROCESSING
Reinforcement,
motivation, and motivationally-mediated attention
A
thought experiment about synchronous processing
Attentional
blocking and unblocking
Prediction
and causality
Secondary
conditioning and recurrent dynamics
Selective
forgetting and opponent processing
Coordinating
cognitive and cognitive-emotional learning
Adaptively
timed learning and gating
Applications
to schizophrenia and other mental disorders
VISION AND LAMINAR NEOCORTICAL DYNAMICS
Light
adaptation and discounting the illuminant
Perceptual
grouping and object attention
Surface
lightness and color perception
3D
vision and figure-ground perception
Motion
perception
Cortical
development
A
unified laminar neocortical model
Applications
to image processing
NAVIGATION AND SENSORY-MOTOR CONTROL
Navigation
using optic flow
Eye
movements
Arm
movements
Compensating
for unexpected forces
Learning
to balance reactive and planned movements
Walking
and running
Applications
to robotics
LECTURE FEE
$35
The fee includes 8 coffee breaks.
It does not include participation in any other
activities of the conference.
Tutorial-only registrants will leave the conference
by
See below for registration form.
See http://cns.bu.edu/cns-meeting/conference.html
for the program and registration form for the Eighth
International Conference on Cognitive and Neural Systems.
See http://cns.bu.edu/Profiles/Grossberg
for information about Professor Grossberg.
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