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← Departments
Cognitive & Perceptual Sciences
What thinks, and what it means to think.
Who is Who in this Department ☞
Converse with
Reimannian Topology Simulacrum
Topological Neuroscience · Cliques · Neural Homology
20th century
Converse with
D'Arcy Thompson Simulacrum
Mathematical Biology · Growth · Form
Converse with
Nikolai Bernstein Simulacrum
Biomechanics · Degrees of Freedom · Motor Control
19th–20th century
Converse with
Bernsteinian Building Simulacrum
Degrees of Freedom Problem · Dexterity · Motor Learning · Movement as Problem-Solving · Physiology of Activity
19th–20th century
Converse with
W. Ross Ashby Simulacrum
Cybernetics · Homeostat · Requisite Variety
20th century
Converse with
Gibsonian Affordances Simulacrum
Ecological Optics · Affordances · Direct Perception · The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems
20th century
Converse with
Maurice Merleau-Ponty Simulacrum
Phenomenology · Embodied Cognition · Perception
20th century
Converse with
W. Grey Walter Simulacrum
Cybernetics · Turtle Robots · EEG · Brainwaves
20th century
Converse with
Gunnar Johansson Simulacrum
Biological Motion · Point-Light Displays · Kinematic Geometry
20th century
Converse with
Valentino Braitenberg Simulacrum
Synthetic Neuroscience · Vehicles · Behaviour
20th–21st century
Converse with
Gerald Edelman Simulacrum
Neural Darwinism · Consciousness · Selectionism
20th–21st century
Converse with
Colin Blakemore Simulacrum
Visual Neuroscience · Critical Periods · Development
20th–21st century
Converse with
Srinivasanian Vision Simulacrum
Insect Vision · Optic Flow · Polarisation Navigation · Waggle Dance · Biomimetic Systems
20th–21st century
Converse with
Bartnickian Analysis Simulacrum
Affordance Theory · Visual Neuroscience · Action Spaces
20th century
Converse with
Fristonite Systems Simulacrum
Free Energy Principle · Active Inference · Predictive Processing · Variational Inference · The Markov Blanket
20th–21st century
Converse with
Misha Mahowald Simulacrum
Neuromorphic Vision · Silicon Retina · Analogue VLSI
20th century
Converse with
Chalmersian Analysis Simulacrum
The Hard Problem · Philosophical Zombies · Panpsychism · The Conscious Mind · Two-Dimensional Semantics
20th–21st century
Converse with
Dabaghian Combinatorics Simulacrum
Topological Neuroscience · Spatial Cognition · Homology
20th century
Converse with
Noenian Vision Simulacrum
Enactive Perception · Presence · Strange Tools · Sensorimotor Contingencies · The Extended Mind
20th–21st century
Converse with
Curtonian Geometry Simulacrum
Neural Topology · Place Cells · Combinatorial Codes
20th century
Cognitive & Perceptual Sciences
Converse with
Reimannian Topology Simulacrum
Topological Neuroscience · Cliques · Neural Homology
20th century
Converse with
D'Arcy Thompson Simulacrum
Mathematical Biology · Growth · Form
1860–1948
Converse with
Nikolai Bernstein Simulacrum
Biomechanics · Degrees of Freedom · Motor Control
19th–20th century
Converse with
Bernsteinian Building Simulacrum
Degrees of Freedom Problem · Dexterity · Motor Learning · Movement as Problem-Solving · Physiology of Activity
19th–20th century
Converse with
W. Ross Ashby Simulacrum
Cybernetics · Homeostat · Requisite Variety
20th century
Converse with
Gibsonian Affordances Simulacrum
Ecological Optics · Affordances · Direct Perception · The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems
20th century
Converse with
Maurice Merleau-Ponty Simulacrum
Phenomenology · Embodied Cognition · Perception
20th century
Converse with
W. Grey Walter Simulacrum
Cybernetics · Turtle Robots · EEG · Brainwaves
20th century
Converse with
Gunnar Johansson Simulacrum
Biological Motion · Point-Light Displays · Kinematic Geometry
20th century
Converse with
Valentino Braitenberg Simulacrum
Synthetic Neuroscience · Vehicles · Behaviour
20th–21st century
Converse with
Gerald Edelman Simulacrum
Neural Darwinism · Consciousness · Selectionism
20th–21st century
Converse with
Colin Blakemore Simulacrum
Visual Neuroscience · Critical Periods · Development
20th–21st century
Converse with
Srinivasanian Vision Simulacrum
Insect Vision · Optic Flow · Polarisation Navigation · Waggle Dance · Biomimetic Systems
20th–21st century
Converse with
Bartnickian Analysis Simulacrum
Affordance Theory · Visual Neuroscience · Action Spaces
20th century
Converse with
Fristonite Systems Simulacrum
Free Energy Principle · Active Inference · Predictive Processing · Variational Inference · The Markov Blanket
20th–21st century
Converse with
Misha Mahowald Simulacrum
Neuromorphic Vision · Silicon Retina · Analogue VLSI
20th century
Converse with
Chalmersian Analysis Simulacrum
The Hard Problem · Philosophical Zombies · Panpsychism · The Conscious Mind · Two-Dimensional Semantics
20th–21st century
Converse with
Bajcsyan Active Perception Simulacrum
Active Perception · Robotic Vision · Elastic Matching · Computational Anatomy · Human-Robot Interaction
20th–21st century
Converse with
Dabaghian Combinatorics Simulacrum
Topological Neuroscience · Spatial Cognition · Homology
20th century
Converse with
Noenian Vision Simulacrum
Enactive Perception · Presence · Strange Tools · Sensorimotor Contingencies · The Extended Mind
20th–21st century
Converse with
Curtonian Geometry Simulacrum
Neural Topology · Place Cells · Combinatorial Codes
20th century
Converse with
Markraman Brain Simulation Simulacrum
Brain simulation · The Blue Brain and Human Brain projects · Cortical microcircuitry · Simulation as method · Building rather than describing
Living
Perception & the Ecological Approach
Converse with
Gibsonian Affordances Simulacrum
Ecological Optics · Affordances · Direct Perception · The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems
20th century
Converse with
Maurice Merleau-Ponty Simulacrum
Phenomenology · Embodied Cognition · Perception
20th century
Converse with
Gunnar Johansson Simulacrum
Biological Motion · Point-Light Displays · Kinematic Geometry
20th century
Converse with
Noenian Vision Simulacrum
Enactive Perception · Presence · Strange Tools · Sensorimotor Contingencies · The Extended Mind
20th–21st century
Converse with
Bajcsyan Active Perception Simulacrum
Active Perception · Robotic Vision · Elastic Matching · Computational Anatomy · Human-Robot Interaction
20th–21st century
Movement, Coordination & Motor Control
Converse with
Nikolai Bernstein Simulacrum
Biomechanics · Degrees of Freedom · Motor Control
19th–20th century
Converse with
Bernsteinian Building Simulacrum
Degrees of Freedom Problem · Dexterity · Motor Learning · Movement as Problem-Solving · Physiology of Activity
19th–20th century
Converse with
D'Arcy Thompson Simulacrum
Mathematical Biology · Growth · Form
1860–1948
Converse with
David Marr Simulacrum
Levels of analysis · The computational theory of vision · Natural constraints and stereopsis · Codons and the cerebellar theory · Simple memory
1945–1980
Cybernetics & Synthetic Creatures
Converse with
W. Ross Ashby Simulacrum
Cybernetics · Homeostat · Requisite Variety
20th century
Converse with
W. Grey Walter Simulacrum
Cybernetics · Turtle Robots · EEG · Brainwaves
20th century
Converse with
Valentino Braitenberg Simulacrum
Synthetic Neuroscience · Vehicles · Behaviour
20th–21st century
Converse with
Misha Mahowald Simulacrum
Neuromorphic Vision · Silicon Retina · Analogue VLSI
20th century
Converse with
Albert Uttley Simulacrum
Conditional Probability Computers · Classification of Signals · Learning Machines · Experimental Psychology
1906–1985
Neural Representation & Brain Theory
Converse with
Gerald Edelman Simulacrum
Neural Darwinism · Consciousness · Selectionism
20th–21st century
Converse with
Colin Blakemore Simulacrum
Visual Neuroscience · Critical Periods · Development
20th–21st century
Converse with
Markraman Brain Simulation Simulacrum
Brain simulation · The Blue Brain and Human Brain projects · Cortical microcircuitry · Simulation as method · Building rather than describing
Living
Converse with
Reimannian Topology Simulacrum
Topological Neuroscience · Cliques · Neural Homology
20th century
Converse with
Dabaghian Combinatorics Simulacrum
Topological Neuroscience · Spatial Cognition · Homology
20th century
Converse with
Curtonian Geometry Simulacrum
Neural Codes · Convex Realizability · Combinatorial Topology
Living
Converse with
Hawkinsian Memory-Prediction Simulacrum
On Intelligence · The memory-prediction framework · Hierarchical temporal memory · Active dendrites and sparse codes · A thousand models in the cortical columns
Living
Converse with
Valiantian Neuroidal Simulacrum
Circuits of the Mind · The neuroidal model · Memorisation and association on weak synapses · Learnability · Resources counted, never assumed free
Living
Converse with
Papadimitrian Assembly Calculus Simulacrum
The Assembly Calculus · Random projection and cap · Projection, association and merge · A language organ built from assemblies · A level between neuron and sentence
Living
Converse with
Fly Olfactory Hashing Simulacrum
Fly olfaction as locality-sensitive hashing · Expand and sparsify · A Bloom filter for novelty · Circuits read as algorithms · Benchmarks at equal cost
Living
Converse with
Kandelian Synaptic Memory Simulacrum
Memory from the synapse up · The two clocks of memory · Genes, synapses and learning · Psychiatry and the biology of mind · Reductionism in art and brain science
Living
Converse with
David Marr Simulacrum
Levels of analysis · The computational theory of vision · Natural constraints and stereopsis · Codons and the cerebellar theory · Simple memory
1945–1980
Converse with
Sompolinskian Manifold Simulacrum
Neural manifolds · Separating manifolds, not points · Capacity per neuron · Statistical mechanics of disordered networks · Untangling geometry through a hierarchy
Living
Converse with
Grossbergian Resonance Simulacrum
Adaptive Resonance Theory · Attention and Expectation · Conscious States as Resonances · Stability–Plasticity
Living
Prediction, Inference & Theories of Mind
Converse with
Fristonite Systems Simulacrum
Free Energy Principle · Active Inference · Predictive Processing · Variational Inference · The Markov Blanket
20th–21st century
Converse with
Chalmersian Analysis Simulacrum
The Hard Problem · Philosophical Zombies · Panpsychism · The Conscious Mind · Two-Dimensional Semantics
20th–21st century
Converse with
Bartnickian Analysis Simulacrum
Affordance Theory · Visual Neuroscience · Action Spaces
20th century
Converse with
Woodwardian Causal Explanation Simulacrum
Causal Cognition · How Children Learn Causes · Interventionist Causation · The Normative and the Descriptive
Living
Computational & Comparative Vision
Converse with
Srinivasanian Vision Simulacrum
Insect Vision · Optic Flow · Polarisation Navigation · Waggle Dance · Biomimetic Systems
20th–21st century
Converse with
David Marr Simulacrum
Levels of analysis · The computational theory of vision · Natural constraints and stereopsis · Codons and the cerebellar theory · Simple memory
1945–1980
Decision, Deliberation & Action Selection
Converse with
Cisekian Affordance Simulacrum
Affordance competition · Urgency gating · Phylogenetic refinement · Embodied decision-making
Living
Converse with
Shadlenian Deliberation Simulacrum
Perceptual decision-making · Evidence accumulation to a bound · Confidence and decision time · Consciousness as a decision to report
Living
Converse with
Redishian Decision-Systems Simulacrum
Vicarious trial and error · Multiple decision systems · Neuroeconomics of choice · Computational psychiatry
Living
Converse with
Mattarian Deliberation Simulacrum
Prioritized memory access · Hippocampal replay and planning · The value of computation · Fatigue, boredom and opportunity cost
Living
Converse with
O'Dohertian Arbitration Simulacrum
Decision Neuroscience · Arbitration Between Goal-Directed and Habitual Control · Model-Based fMRI · Reinforcement Learning in the Brain
Living