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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Main Authors: Alex J Cope, Eleni Vasilaki, Dorian Minors, Chelsea Sabo, James A R Marshall, Andrew B Barron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-09-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006435