01:830:305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Behaviorism, Associationism, Artificial Neuron

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:305
• Professor: J.Feldman

Document Summary

Axon= huge wire that comes out from the neuron (use engineering terms to understand) Axon terminal= end of axon mini axons that come out of axon (they are like axon wires) Dendrites branch off other end (they are input wires) Neurons send signals down axon based on what in transmitted to the dendrites from a diff neuron axon terminal. Integration (either gets signal or not) and adds it up it either is over a threshold or not and if it is it sends it (action potential) down to axon. Sometimes a signal subtracts one from total excitation (inhibitory signal) Mcculloch and pitts- were first to think of artificial neuron- that you can represent neuron in a circuit diagram. It"s only going to fire if both inputs are over threshold. Rationalism- based on reason/innate knowledge (internal mental processes) The only thing born with is ability to associate things with eachother. Kant asks how we know the world is 3 dimensional.