Representations Need Self-Organizing Top-Down Expectations to Fit a Changing World

Grossberg, Stephen2011-11-142011-11-141997-11https://hdl.handle.net/2144/2131The author's model "Chorus embodies an attempt to find out how far a mostly bottom-up approach to representation can be taken" (p. 22). Models which embody both bottom-up and top-down learning have stronger computational properties and explain more data about representation than feedforward models.en-USCopyright 1997 Boston University. Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that: 1. The copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage; 2. the report title, author, document number, and release date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of BOSTON UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES. To copy otherwise, or to republish, requires a fee and / or special permission.Representations Need Self-Organizing Top-Down Expectations to Fit a Changing WorldTechnical ReportBoston University Trustees