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Noelle DC (2008). Teaching Cognitive Modeling Using PDP++. In: Lorenz S, Egelhaaf M (eds): Interactive Educational Media for the Neural and Cognitive Sciences. Brains, Minds & Media, Vol. 3, bmm1406. (urn:nbn:de:0009-3-14069)BibTeX
@Article{Noelle:2008, author = "David C. Noelle", title = "Teaching Cognitive Modeling Using PDP++", journal = "Brains, Minds & Media", number = "1", year = "2008" }
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Bibliographic Citation | Brains, Minds & Media, Volume 3, Number 1 (2008-05-16) | |||
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Title | Teaching Cognitive Modeling Using PDP++ (eng) | |||
Author | David C. Noelle | |||
Language | eng | |||
Abstract | PDP++ is a freely available, open source software package designed to support the development, simulation, and analysis of research-grade connectionist models of cognitive processes. It supports most popular parallel distributed processing paradigms and artificial neural network architectures, and it also provides an implementation of the LEABRA computational cognitive neuroscience framework. Models are typically constructed and examined using the PDP++ graphical user interface, but the system may also be extended through the incorporation of user-written C++ code. This article briefly reviews the features of PDP++, focusing on its utility for teaching cognitive modeling concepts and skills to university undergraduate and graduate students. An informal evaluation of the software as a pedagogical tool is provided, based on the author’s classroom experiences at three research universities and several conference-hosted tutorials. | |||
Subject | PDP++, connectionism, neural networks, cognitive modeling, computational neuroscience, education | |||
Classified Subjects | mesh: Psychological Theory (D011582) | |||
DDC | 004 | 150 | 370 | 570 |
Rights | DPPL | |||
URN | urn:nbn:de:0009-3-14069 | |||
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