Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions, 1996: James L. McClelland and David E. Rumelhart.

A profile of James L. McClelland and David E. Rumelhart, who were among the recipients of the 1996 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions, is provided. McClelland and Rumelhart received the award in recognition of their imaginative conception of a compreh...

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Published in:American Psychologist Vol. 52; pp. 810 - 813
Format: Article
Published: American Psychological Association August 1997
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Summary:A profile of James L. McClelland and David E. Rumelhart, who were among the recipients of the 1996 American Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions, is provided. McClelland and Rumelhart received the award in recognition of their imaginative conception of a comprehensive architecture for cognition theories that are based on parallel processing of distributed memories. McClelland and Rumelhart's collaborative work is discussed.