Publications (selected by topic)

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Cognitive architecture and systematicity

• Phillips, S., & Wilson, W. H. (2011). Categorial compositionality II: Universal constructions and a general theory of (quasi-)systematicity in human cognition. PLoS Computational Biology, 7(8), e1002102.PDF HTML XML

• Phillips, S., & Wilson, W. H. (2010). Categorial compositionality: A category theory explanation for the systematicity of human cognition. PLoS Computational Biology, 6(7), e1000858. PDF HTML XML

• Phillips, S. (2007). Kenneth Aizawa, The Systematicity Arguments, Studies in Brain and Mind. Minds and Machines, 17(3), 357-360. PDF

• Phillips, S. (2002). Does Classicism explain universality? Arguments against a pure Classical component of mind. Minds and Machines, 12(3), 423-434. PDF

• Phillips, S. (2000). Constituent similarity and systematicity: The limits of first-order connectionism. Connection Science, 12(1), 45-63. PDF

• Phillips, S. (1999). Systematic minds, unsystematic models: Learning transfer in humans and networks. Minds and Machines, 9(3), 383-398. PDF

• Phillips, S. (1998). Are feedforward and recurrent networks systematic? Analysis and implications for a connectionist cognitive architecture. Connection Science, 10(2), 137-160. PDF

Cognitive architecture and information integration

• Phillips, S., Takeda, Y., & Singh, A. K. (in press). Visual feature integration indicated by phase-locked frontal-parietal EEG signals. PLoS ONE.

• Phillips, S., Wilson, W. H., & Halford, G. S. (2009). What do Transitive Inference and Class Inclusion have in common? Categorical (co)products and cognitive development. PLoS Computational Biology, 5(12), e1000599. PDF HTML XML

• Takeda, Y., Phillips, S., & Kumada, T. (2007) A conjunctive feature similarity effect for visual search. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60(2), 186-190. PDF

• Phillips, S., Takeda, Y., & Kumada, T. (2006). An inter-item similarity model unifying feature and conjunction search. Vision Research, 46(22), 3867-3880. PDF

Cognition and neuroimaging

• Singh, A. K., Asoh, H., & Phillips, S. (2011). Optimal detection of functional connectivity from high-dimensional EEG synchrony data. Neuroimage, 58(1), 148-156.

• Phillips, S., & Takeda, Y. (2010). Frontal-parietal synchrony in elderly EEG for visual search. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 75(1), 39-43.

• Singh, A. K., & Phillips, S. (2010). Hierarchical control of false discovery rate for phase locking measures of EEG synchrony. Neuroimage, 50(1), 40-47.

• Phillips, S., & Takeda, Y. (2009). Greater frontal-parietal synchrony at low gamma-band frequencies for inefficient than efficient visual search in human EEG. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 73(3), 350-354. PDF

• Phillips, S., & Niki, K. (2006). Sensitivity to effective relational complexity in the occipitoparietal lobe. Neuroimage, 30(4), 1347-1356. PDF

• Phillips, S., & Niki, K. (2003). Increased bilateral occipitoparietal activity for retention of binary versus unary indexed lists in pair recognition. Neuroimage, 20(2), 1226-1235. PDF

• Phillips, S., & Niki, K. (2002). Separating relational from item load effects in paired recognition: Temporoparietal and middle frontal gyral activity with increased associates, but not items during encoding and retention. Neuroimage, 17(2), 1031-1055. PDF

Processing relational information

• Halford, G. S., Wilson, W. H., & Phillips, S. (2010). Relational knowledge: The foundation of higher cognition. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 14(11), 497-505.

• Phillips, S. (2008). Abstract analogies not primed by relations learned as object transformations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31(4), 393-394. Commentary on Leech, R., Mareschal, D., and Cooper, R. P. (same issue). "Analogy as relational priming: A developmental and computational perspective on the origins of a complex cognitive skill". PDF

• Halford, G. S., Phillips, S., & Wilson, W. H. (2008). The missing link: Dynamic, modifiable representations in working memory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31(2), 137-138. Commentary on Penn, D. C., Holyoak, K. J., & Povinelli, D. J. (same issue). "Darwin's mistake: Explaining the discontinuity between human and nonhuman minds".

• Phillips, S. (2002). Neo-associativism: Limited learning transfer without binding symbol representations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25(2), 350-351.Commentary on Perruchet, P., & Vinter, A. (same issue). "The self-organizing consciousness". PDF

• Halford, G. S., Phillips, S., & Wilson, W. H. (2001). Processing capacity limits are not explained by storage limits. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24(1), 123-124. Commentary on Cowan, N. (same issue). "The magical number 4 in short-term memory: A reconsideration of mental storage capacity". PDF
  

• Halford, G. S., Wilson, W. H., & Phillips, S. (1998). Processing capacity defined by relational complexity: Implications for comparative, developmental, and cognitive psychology. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 21(6), 803-831. Target article. HTML PDF

• Halford, G. S., Wilson, W. H., & Phillips, S. (1998). Relational complexity metric is effective when assessments are based on actual cognitive processes. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 21(6), 848-864. Reply to commentary on target article, "Processing capacity defined by relational complexity: Implications for comparative, developmental and cognitive psychology".PDF