Abstract concept learning in a simple neural network inspired by the insect brain.
The capacity to learn abstract concepts such as 'sameness' and 'difference' is considered a higher-order cognitive function, typically thought to be dependent on top-down neocortical processing. It is therefore surprising that honey bees apparantly have this capacity. Here we rep...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-09-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006435 |