Cognitive Science Honors the Memory of Jeffrey Elman

Jeff Elman (1/22/1948–6/28/2018) was a major and much beloved figure in cognitive science, best known for his work on the TRACE model of speech perception, simple recurrent network models of the temporal dynamics of language processing, and his coauthored monograph, Rethinking Innateness. Beyond his...

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Main Authors: Richard N. Aslin, Roger P. Levy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The MIT Press 2019-02-01
Series:Open Mind
Online Access:https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/opmi_e_00023
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spelling doaj-9d1cee4227e34f03aea14f37d5c9e6632020-11-25T02:34:41ZengThe MIT PressOpen Mind2470-29862019-02-013233010.1162/opmi_e_00023opmi_e_00023Cognitive Science Honors the Memory of Jeffrey ElmanRichard N. AslinRoger P. LevyJeff Elman (1/22/1948–6/28/2018) was a major and much beloved figure in cognitive science, best known for his work on the TRACE model of speech perception, simple recurrent network models of the temporal dynamics of language processing, and his coauthored monograph, Rethinking Innateness. Beyond his individual and collaborative research, he is widely recognized for his lasting contributions to building our scientific community. Here we celebrate his contributions by briefly recounting his life’s work and sharing commentaries and reminiscences from a number of his closest colleagues over the years.https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/opmi_e_00023
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description Jeff Elman (1/22/1948–6/28/2018) was a major and much beloved figure in cognitive science, best known for his work on the TRACE model of speech perception, simple recurrent network models of the temporal dynamics of language processing, and his coauthored monograph, Rethinking Innateness. Beyond his individual and collaborative research, he is widely recognized for his lasting contributions to building our scientific community. Here we celebrate his contributions by briefly recounting his life’s work and sharing commentaries and reminiscences from a number of his closest colleagues over the years.
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