The Nature of Modality and Learning Task: Unsupervised Learning of Auditory Categories
Phillip A. Halsey · OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) · 2015
Categorization and concept-learning has a long-standing influence on the field of psychology because the notions of concept-learning are key to how individuals learn.First, I would like to thank my advisor Ronaldo Vigo for -essentially -accepting me to the program and helping me to further my education in mathematical modeling and cognitive science.Without his support of my research and his compassion for helping me with any obstacles, I certainly would not have made it to this point.I also most certainly would not have ended up where I am without his knowledge and interest in seeing students succeed.Second, I would like to thank all the members of my committee -Steve Evans, Keith Markman, Robert Briscoe, and Mark Phillips -for reading this sizable document and sitting through, not just one but two, lengthy presentations.Your input most certainly made this dissertation better.Finally, I'd like to thank Emmanuel Pothos for providing me with a copy of the simplicity model code (as well as great documentation on how to use it) and Todd Gureckis for his help with the SUSTAIN code.