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Frank Jäkel (Alumnus)
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MPI for Biological Cybernetics
Dept. Schölkopf
Spemannstraße 38
72076 Tübingen
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+49-7071-601-557 |
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+49-7071-601-552 |
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A great deal of theory building in psychology is in one way or another built on the intuitive notion of similarity. Similar objects are grouped together in Gestalt principles, similarity is the basis for association and similarity is the basis for transfer of learnt responses to new stimuli. Objects that are similar to each other are grouped together to form a concept and new objects that are similar enough to known instances or prototypes are categorised in the same way. An understanding of the processes underlying similarity could form a common basis for all these psychological theories. In machine learning similarity is often modelled as a kernel. In my PhD project I try to apply recent theoretical advances in kernel-methods to psychological models of similarity and categorisation.
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