CODING, CLASSIFICATION AND OPTIMISING OF LEARNING CHANGES IN OCTOPUS.

Abstract

Contents: Visual coding system; Implications of coding hypothesis; Reversal of training; Limits of transfer and generalization; Retina of octopus; Efferent fibres to the retina; Degeneration of the retina; Detection of polarized light; Eye-movements, nystagmus, and angle of attack; Size of brain and number of cells; Paired centers for motivation and for amplifying the classifying signals (reward and punishment); Optimization of learning changes; Paired centers in the touch learning system; Presence of paired motivation centers in other brains.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0632877

Entities

People

  • J. Z. Young

Organizations

  • University College London

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Detection
  • Eye
  • Eye Movements
  • Learning
  • Motivation
  • Nystagmus
  • Optimization
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Neuroscience
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.