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The development of delayed response: Parallel distributed processing lacks neural plausibility
Author(s) -
Dehaene Stanislas
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
developmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.801
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1467-7687
pISSN - 1363-755X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-7687.00025
Subject(s) - psychology , neuropsychology , cognitive science , task (project management) , neuroscience , bistability , cognitive psychology , simple (philosophy) , architecture , cognition , art , philosophy , physics , management , epistemology , quantum mechanics , economics , visual arts
Munakata's model of the A‐not‐B task provides an excellent fit to behavioral data from human infants. From a neuropsychological standpoint, however, its architecture is not very plausible. Dehaene and Changeux's (1989) neuronal model of delayed response tasks, while admittedly very simple, relies on identified features of brain architecture such as multiple hierarchical pathways, bistable clusters with sustained activity, and diffuse reward systems. Ways in which the insights provided by both models might be combined are discussed.