ABSTRACT
Although we cannot yet build a machine with the capabilities of the human brain, we can describe structures and processes of categorization and sequence learning that we believe are neurologically plausible. A combination of different scientific efforts is required: analytical specifications based on studying cognitive experience (e.g., activation interpretations of Kolers’ color phi phenomenon; Fig. 1.15), computational models of neural processes, and basic neurobiological science. Put another way, researchers specify what processes they believe are occurring, model those processes in computer simulations, and search for neural structures and processes that fit the specifications and models (perhaps discovering bits and pieces whose functions are not known).
