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LEADER: 02895cam a2200325 a 4500
001 2010030593
003 DLC
005 20110507083441.0
008 100719s2011 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010030593
020 $a9780521835688 (hbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBF318$b.O45 2011
082 00 $a153.1/5$222
100 1 $aOhlsson, Stellan.
245 10 $aDeep learning :$bhow the mind overrides experience /$cStellan Ohlsson.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
300 $axiii, 523 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"Although the ability to retain, process, and project prior experience onto future situations is indispensable, the human mind also possesses the ability to override experience and adapt to changing circumstances. Cognitive scientist Stellan Ohlsson analyzes three types of deep, non-monotonic cognitive change: creative insight, adaptation of cognitive skills by learning from errors, and conversion from one belief to another, incompatible belief. For each topic, Ohlsson summarizes past research, re-formulates the relevant research questions, and proposes information-processing mechanisms that answer those questions. The three theories are based on the principles of redistribution of activation, specialization of practical knowledge, and re-subsumption of declarative information. Ohlsson develops the implications of those mechanisms by scaling their effects with respect to time, complexity, and social interaction. The book ends with a unified theory of non-monotonic cognitive change that captures the abstract properties that the three types of change share"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 455-514) and indexes.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction: 1. The need to override experience; 2. The nature of the enterprise; Part II. Creativity: 3. The production of novelty; 4. Creative insight: the redistribution theory; 5. Creative insight writ large; Part III. Adaptation: 6. The growth of competence; 7. Error correction: the specialization theory; 8. Error correction in context; Part IV. Conversion: 9. The formation of belief; 10. Belief revision: the resubsumption theory; Part V. Conclusion: 11. Elements of a unified theory; 12. The recursion curse.
650 0 $aLearning, Psychology of.
650 0 $aCognitive learning theory.
650 0 $aMind and body.
650 0 $aExperience.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/35688/cover/9780521835688.jpg
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010030593-t.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010030593-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010030593-b.html