References related to Walter Schneider’s Keynote Address International Conference of Cognitive Modeling Ann Arbor Michigan 2007 IL USA

Dual Brain Systems and Cortical Control Network Specialization

 

The Cognitive Control And Representation Systems Of The Human Brain:

Producing the synergy of symbolic and connectionist processing

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Related Publications.

Instructable Connectionist architectures

Schneider, W. & Oliver, W. L. (1991).  An instructable connectionist/control architecture:  Using rule-based instructions to accomplish connectionist learning in a human time scale.  In K. Van Lehn (Ed.), Architectures for intelligence: The 22nd Carnegie Mellon symposium on cognition (pp.113-145). Hillsdale, NJ:  Erlbaum.

 

Using Declarative Knowledge to Guide Skill Acquisition in a

Connectionist/Control Architecture Walter Schneider and William L. Oliver Psychonomics 1988

 

 

See also work by Noelle, D. C. (1997). A Connectionist Model of Instructed Learning. PhD thesis, University of California, San Diego, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Cognitive Science. http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/~noelle/researcher/cv.html

 

 

 

Review of theory and discussion of the model that is the foundation for dual brain systems

Schneider, W. & Chein, J. M., (2003). Controlled & Automatic Processing: From Mechanisms to Biology. Cognitive Science 27: 525–559.

 

Meta analysis of practice related changes and domain generality of control areas across tasks.

Chein & Schneider (2005) Neuroimaging studies of practice-related change: fMRI and meta-analytic evidence of a domain-general control network for learning. Cognitive brain research. 25 (3), 607-623.

 

Detailing of cortical areas of the control net, functional connectivity within and outside of the net, and specialization of working memory and response processing within the control net. 

Cole, M. W. & Schneider, W. (2007) The Cognitive Control Network: Integrated cortical regions with dissociable functions.  NeuroImage.  

 

Review of brain processing as skill develops and discussion of drop out of control net.

Hill, N. M. & Schneider, W.  and Walter Schneider (2006) Brain Changes in the Development of Expertise: Neurological Evidence on Skill-Based Adaptations in  K. A. Ericsson, N. Charness, P. Feltovich, and R. Hoffman (Eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance.  New York: Cambridge University pp 653-683.

 

Detailing of semantic representation areas and that the can be driven by multi modal inputs.

Goldberg, R.F., Perfetti, C.A., Schneider, W. (2006) Distinct and common cortical activations for multimodal semantic categories. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience. 6, 214-222.

 

 

Semantic representation areas and how they are evoked in sensory based decision making.

Goldberg, R.F., Perfetti, C.A., Schneider, W (2006) Perceptual Knowledge Retrieval Activates Sensory Brain Regions. J. Neuroscience. 26(18):4917– 4921

 

Semantic representation of abstract knowledge

Goldberg, R.F., Perfetti, C.A., J. A. Fiez,  Schneider, W (2007) Selective retrieval of abstract semantic knowledge In left prefrontal cortex.  The Journal of Neuroscience 2007 • 27(14):3790 –3798