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Professor Gert Westermann

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  1. Published

    Evolution of an optimal lexicon under constraints from embodiment

    Zuidema, W. & Westermann, G., 2003, In: Artificial Life. 9, 4, p. 387-402 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  2. Published

    Modelling the transition from perceptual to conceptual organization

    Westermann, G. & Mareschal, D., 07/2009, Connectionist models of behaviour and cognition II: proceedings of the 11th neural computation and psychology workshop. Mayor, J., Ruh, N. & Plunkett, K. (eds.). SINGAPORE: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD, p. 153-164 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

  3. Published

    Connectionist approaches to language learning

    Westermann, G., Ruh, N. & Plunkett, K., 03/2009, In: Linguistics. 47, 2, p. 413-452 40 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Literature review › peer-review

  4. Published

    Neuroconstructivism

    Westermann, G., Mareschal, D., Johnson, M. H., Sirois, S., Spratling, M. W. & Thomas, M. S. C., 01/2007, In: Developmental Science. 10, 1, p. 75-83 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  5. Published

    Modeling developmental cognitive neuroscience

    Westermann, G., Sirois, S., Shultz, T. R. & Mareschal, D., 05/2006, In: Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 10, 5, p. 227-232 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Literature review › peer-review

  6. Published

    Modelling asymmetric infant categorization with the representational acuity hypothesis

    Westermann, G. & Mareschal, D., 2004, Connectionist models of cognition and perception II. Bowman, H. & Labiouse, C. (eds.). SINGAPORE: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD, p. 95-104 10 p. (Progress in Neural Processing).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

  7. Published

    Models of atypical development must also be models of normal development

    Westermann, G. & Mareschal, D., 1/12/2002, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 25, 6, p. 771-772 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Editorial › peer-review

  8. Published

    From parts to wholes: mechanisms of development in infant visual object processing

    Westermann, G. & Mareschal, D., 03/2004, In: Infancy. 5, 2, p. 131-151 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  9. Published

    A new model of sensorimotor coupling in the development of speech

    Westermann, G. & Miranda, E. R., 05/2004, In: Brain and Language. 89, 2, p. 393-400 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  10. Published

    Emergent modularity and U-shaped learning in a constructivist neural network learning the English past tense

    Westermann, G., 1998, Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Gernsbacher, M. A. & Derry, S. J. (eds.). Mahwah, N.J.: LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL, p. 1130-1135 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

  11. Published

    A constructivist dual-representation model of verb inflection

    Westermann, G., 2000, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Gleitman, L. R. & Joshi, A. K. (eds.). Mahwah, N.J. : LAWRENCE ERLBAUM ASSOC PUBL, p. 977-982 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

  12. Published

    Modelling cognitive development with constructivist neural networks

    Westermann, G., 2000, Connectionist models of learning, development and evolution. French, R. M. & Sougne, J. P. (eds.). Godalming: Springer Verlag London Ltd, p. 123-132 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

  13. Published

    A constructivist neural network model of German verb inflection in agrammatic aphasia

    Westermann, G., Willshaw, D. & Penke, M., 1999, Ninth International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN99). Edison: INST ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS INSPEC INC, p. 916-921 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

  14. Published

    Single mechanism but not single route: Learning verb inflections in constructivist neural networks

    Westermann, G., 12/1999, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 22, 6, p. 1042-1043 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Comment/debate › peer-review

  15. Published

    Mechanisms of developmental change in infant categorization

    Westermann, G. & Mareschal, D., 10/2012, In: Cognitive Development. 27, 4, p. 367-382 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  16. Published

    A neuroconstructivist model of past tense development and processing

    Westermann, G. & Ruh, N., 2012, In: Psychological Review. 119, 3, p. 649-667 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  17. Published

    Neuroconstructivism

    Westermann, G., Thomas, M. S. C. & Karmiloff-Smith, A., 2010, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development. Goswami, U. (ed.). 2nd ed. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, p. 723-748 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

  18. Published

    From perceptual to language-mediated categorization

    Westermann, G. & Mareschal, D., 19/01/2014, In: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 369, 1634, 20120391.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  19. Published

    Some thoughts on curiosity in infants and neural network models

    Westermann, G. & Twomey, K., 2014.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper › peer-review

  20. Published

    Experience-dependent brain development as a key to understanding the language system

    Westermann, G., 04/2016, In: Topics in Cognitive Science. 8, 2, p. 446-458 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  21. Published

    Early Word Learning

    Westermann, G. (ed.) & Mani, N. (ed.), 10/11/2017, London: Routledge. 161 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book

  22. Published

    Computational models of word learning

    Westermann, G. & Twomey, K. E., 10/11/2017, Early Word Learning. Westermann, G. & Mani, N. (eds.). Routledge, p. 138-154 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter

  23. Published

    Connectionist models of inflection processing

    Westermann, G. & Plunkett, K., 1/07/2007, In: Lingue e Linguaggio. 200, 7, p. 291-311 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  24. Published

    Origins of dissociations in the English past tense: A synthetic brain imaging model

    Westermann, G. & Jones, S., 2/07/2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 16 p., 688908.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  25. Published

    Prespeech motor learning in a neural network using reinforcement

    Warlaumont, A., Westermann, G., Buder, E. & Oller, D. K., 2013, In: Neural Networks. 38, p. 64-75 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  26. Published

    Self-production facilitates and adult input interferes in a neural network model of infant vowel imitation.

    Warlaumont, A., Westermann, G. & Oller, D. K., 2011, Proceedings of AISB 2011: Computational Models of Cognitive Development. Guerin, F., Alexander, J., Kazakov, D. & Tsoulas, G. (eds.). Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, p. 8-12 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

  27. Published

    Improving the generalizability of infant psychological research: The ManyBabies model

    Visser, I., Bergmann, C., Byers-Heinlein, K., Dal Ben, R., Duch, W., Forbes, S., Franchin, L., Frank, M. C., Geraci, A., Hamlin, J. K., Kaldy, Z., Kulke, L., Laverty, C., Lew-Williams, C., Mateu, V., Mayor, J., Moreau, D., Nomikou, I., Schuwerk, T., Simpson, E. A., & 8 othersSingh, L., Soderstrom, M., Sullivan, J., van den Heuvel, M. I., Westermann, G., Yamada, Y., Zaadnoordijk, L. & Zettersten, M., 10/02/2022, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 45, e35.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Comment/debate › peer-review

  28. Published

    A neural network model of curiosity-driven categorization

    Twomey, K. E. & Westermann, G., 13/08/2015. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper

  29. Published

    Infants’ information seeking in a category exploration task

    Twomey, K. E. & Westermann, G., 28/05/2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Speech

  30. Published

    A learned label modulates object representations in 10-month-old infants

    Twomey, K. E. & Westermann, G., 3/08/2016, Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Papafragou, A., Grodner, D., Mirman, D. & Trueswell, J. C. (eds.). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society, p. 680-685 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

  31. Published

    Neurocomputational models of cognitive development and processing: 14th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop Lancaster University, UK, 21 – 23 August 2014

    Twomey, K. E. (ed.), Smith, A. C. (ed.), Westermann, G. (ed.) & Monaghan, P. J. (ed.), 11/2016, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing. 152 p. (Progress in Neural Processing; vol. 22)

    Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book

  32. Published

    Learned labels shape pre-speech infants’ object representations

    Twomey, K. E. & Westermann, G., 31/01/2018, In: Infancy. 23, 1, p. 61-73 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  33. Published

    Extraneous visual noise facilitates word learning

    Twomey, K. E., Ma, L. & Westermann, G., 20/07/2017, Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Gunzelmann, G., Howes, A., Tenbrink, T. & Davelaar, E. (eds.). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society, p. 3404-3409 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

  34. Published

    Curiosity-based learning in infants: A neurocomputational approach

    Twomey, K. E. & Westermann, G., 1/07/2018, In: Developmental Science. 21, 4, 13 p., e12629.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  35. Published

    All the Right Noises: Background Variability Helps Early Word Learning

    Twomey, K. E., Ma, L. & Westermann, G., 1/05/2018, In: Cognitive Science. 42 Suppl 2, Suppl. 2, p. 413-438 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  36. Published

    Building the foundations of language: mechanisms of curiosity-driven learning.

    Twomey, K. & Westermann, G., 13/05/2019, International Handbook of Language Acquisition. Horst, J. & Torkildsen, J. V. K. (eds.). Oxford, New York: Routledge, p. 102-114 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter

  37. Published

    Computational Exploration of Lexical Development in Down Syndrome

    Tovar Y Romo, A. E. & Westermann, G., 20/07/2017, Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Gunzelmann, G., Howes, A., Tenbrink, T. & Davelaar, E. (eds.). London: Cognitive Science Society, p. 1199-1204 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

  38. Published

    From altered synaptic plasticity to atypical learning: a computational model of Down syndrome

    Tovar Y Romo, A. E., Westermann, G. & Torres, A., 1/02/2018, In: Cognition. 171, p. 15-24 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  39. Published

    A Neurocomputational Approach to Trained and Transitive Relations in Equivalence Classes

    Tovar, A. E. & Westermann, G., 18/10/2017, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 8, 15 p., 1848.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  40. Published

    No Need to Forget, Just Keep the Balance: Hebbian Neural Networks for Statistical Learning

    Tovar, A. E. & Westermann, G., 31/01/2023, In: Cognition. 230, 9 p., 105176.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  41. Published

    Investigating the association between children’s screen media exposure and vocabulary size in the UK

    Taylor, G., Monaghan, P. & Westermann, G., 1/01/2018, In: Journal of Children and Media. 12, 1, p. 51-65 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  42. Published

    The limits of infants’ early word learning

    Taxitari, L., Twomey, K., Westermann, G. & Mani, N., 1/03/2020, In: Language Learning and Development. 16, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  43. Published

    Precis of neuroconstructivism: how the brain constructs cognition

    Sirois, S., Spratling, M., Thomas, M. S. C., Westermann, G., Mareschal, D. & Johnson, M. H., 06/2008, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 31, 3, p. 321-337 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Literature review › peer-review

  44. Published

    Studying development in the 21(st) Century

    Sirois, S., Spratling, M., Thomas, M. S. C., Westermann, G., Mareschal, D. & Johnson, M. H., 06/2008, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 31, 3, p. 345-356 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Editorial › peer-review

  45. Published

    The role of ostensive and referential cues in infant object memory

    Silverstein, P., Westermann, G., Gliga, T. & Parise, E., 26/08/2017.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Poster › peer-review

  46. Published

    Probing communication-induced memory biases in preverbal infants: Two replication attempts of Yoon, Johnson and Csibra (2008)

    Silverstein, P., Gliga, T., Westermann, G. & Parise, E., 1/05/2019, In: Infant Behavior and Development. 55, p. 77-87 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  47. Published

    New evidence for learning-based accounts of gaze following: Testing a robotic prediction

    Silverstein, P., Westermann, G., Parise, E. & Twomey, K., 30/09/2019, 2019 Joint IEEE 9th International Conference on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EpiRob). IEEE, p. 302-306 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

  48. Published

    Infants learn to follow gaze in stages: Evidence confirming a robotic prediction

    Silverstein, P., Feng, J., Westermann, G., Parise, E. & Twomey, K., 25/11/2021, In: Open Mind. 5, p. 174–188 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  49. Published

    OXlearn: a new MATLAB-based simulation tool for connectionist models

    Ruh, N. & Westermann, G., 11/2009, In: Behavior Research Methods. 41, 4, p. 1138-1143 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  50. Published

    Simulating German verb inflection with a constructivist neural network

    Ruh, N. & Westermann, G., 2009, Connectionist Models of Behaviour and Cognition II: Proceedings of the 11th Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop. Mayor, J., Ruh, N. & Plunkett, K. (eds.). Singapore: World Scientific, p. 313-324 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review

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