This three-year, $298,656 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program aims to develop useful and precise definitions of "representation" and "inference" as they pertain to neural activity in the brain. The awardee, Barnard College, will survey potential definitions of these key neuroscience concepts and propose new definitions linked to specific types of learning and their identifiable neural correlates. The project seeks to establish how specific representations and inferences can be attributed to brain functions. Its results are intended to advance the philosophical foundations of neuroscience and cognitive science by accelerating progress in these fields. The definitions and frameworks developed over the grant period will be published openly and incorporated into graduate and advanced undergraduate courses at the awardee institution.
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