Professor Bill Phillips

Emeritus Professor

Psychology University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Professor Bill Phillips

Outputs (84)

Conference Paper (published)

Adeel A, Adetomi A, Phillips WA, Raza M, Ahmed K, Hussain A & Arslan T (2023) Live Demonstration: Unlocking the Potential of Two-Point Neuronal Cells for Energy-Efficient Training of Deep Networks. In: 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Monterey, CA, USA, 21.05.2023-25.05.2023. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/iscas46773.2023.10181836


Article

Maki-Marttunen T, Devor A, Phillips WA, Dale AM, Andreassen OA & Einevoll GT (2019) Computational Modeling of Genetic Contributions to Excitability and Neural Coding in Layer V Pyramidal Cells: Applications to Schizophrenia Pathology. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 13, Art. No.: 66. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2019.00066


Book Review

Phillips WA (2019) Mindful neurons. Review of: Edmund T Rolls, Cerebral cortex: Principles of operation. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 992, £66.17, ISBN 10: 0198784856. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72 (3), pp. 661-672. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747021818816008


Commentary

Larkum ME & Phillips W (2016) Does arousal enhance apical amplification and disamplification?. Commentary on: Mather, M., Clewett, D., Sakaki, M., & Harley, C. (2016). Norepinephrine ignites local hotspots of neuronal excitation: How arousal amplifies selectivity in perception and memory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39. doi:10.1017/S0140525X15000667. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 39, pp. 32-34, Art. No.: e215. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x15001867


Book Chapter

Troscianko T, Davidoff J, Humphreys G, Landis T, Fahle M, Greenlee M, Brugger P & Phillips W (2016) Human colour discrimination based on a non-parvocellular pathway. In: Humphreys G & Riddoch J (eds.) A Reader in Visual Agnosia. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 277-293. https://www.routledge.com/A-Reader-in-Visual-Agnosia/Humphreys-Riddoch/p/book/9781138951006; https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315668444


Book Chapter

Phillips W (2013) The coordination of probabilistic inference in neural systems. In: Dodig-Crnkovic G & Giovagnoli R (eds.) Computing Nature: Turing Centenary Perspective. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 7. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 61-70. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-37225-4_3; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37225-4_3


Book Chapter

Phillips W (2012) How do neural systems use probabilistic inference that is context-sensitive to create and preserve organized complexity?. In: Simeonov P, Smith L & Ehresmann A (eds.) Integral Biomathics: Tracing the Road to Reality. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 63-69. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-28111-2_7; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28111-2_7


Book Chapter

Phillips W, von der Malsburg C & Singer W (2010) Dynamic coordination in brain and mind. In: von der Malsburg C, Phillips W & Singer W (eds.) Dynamic Coordination in the Brain: From Neurons to Mind. Strungmann Forum Reports, 5. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, pp. 1-24. http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/dynamic-coordination-brain


Conference Abstract

Hancock PJB, Phillips W & Walton L (2007) Probing schizophrenia with a contour-integration task. 30th European Conference on Visual Perception, Arezzo, 27/08/2007 - 31/08/2007. Perception, 36 (Supplement), pp. 118-118. http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=v070660


Commentary

Phillips W (2004) Belief in the primacy of fantasy is misleading and unnecessary. Commentary on: Behrendt, R., & Young, C. (2004). Hallucinations in schizophrenia, sensory impairment, and brain disease: A unifying model. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27(6), 771-787. doi:10.1017/S0140525X04000184. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27 (6), pp. 802-803. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X04380180


Commentary

Silverstein SM & Phillips W (2004) Distinguishing schizophrenia from the mechanisms underlying hallucinations. Commentary on: Behrendt, R., & Young, C. (2004). Hallucinations in schizophrenia, sensory impairment, and brain disease: A unifying model. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27(6), 771-787. doi:10.1017/S0140525X04000184. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27 (6), pp. 805-806. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X04410188


Commentary

Phillips W & Silverstein SM (2004) Unity and diversity in disorders of cognitive coordination. Commentary on: Bertone, A., Mottron, L., & Faubert, J. (2004). Autism and schizophrenia: Similar perceptual consequence, different neurobiological etiology? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27(4), 592-593. doi:10.1017/S0140525X04260137 Faubert, J., & Bertone, A. (2004). A common link between aging, schizophrenia, and autism? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27(4), 593-594. doi:10.1017/S0140525X04270133. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27 (4), pp. 594-600. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X0428013X


Commentary

Phillips W (2003) The short-term dynamics within a network of connections is creative. Commentary on: Ruchkin, D., Grafman, J., Cameron, K., & Berndt, R. (2003). Working memory retention systems: A state of activated long-term memory. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 26(6), 709-728. doi:10.1017/S0140525X03000165. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 26 (6), pp. 752-753. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X03480163


Commentary

Phillips W (2001) Synchronization: Making sense of the data. Commentary on: Fries, P. et al. Modulation of oscillatory neuronal synchronization by selective visual attention. Science. 2001; 291: 1560–1563. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5 (7), p. 285. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613%2800%2901719-8


Conference Paper (published)

Toombs SP, Phillips W & Smith L (1998) Reinforcement Landmark Learning. In: Pfeifer R, Blumberg B, Meyer J & Wilson S (eds.) From Animals to Animats 5: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior. Fifth International Conference on Adaptive Behavior (SAB98), Zurich, Switzerland, 17.08.1998-21.08.1998. Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT, pp. 205-212.


Book Chapter

Phillips W (1997) Theories of cortical computation. In: Rugg M (ed.) Cognitive Neuroscience. Studies in Cognition. Hove: Psychology Press, pp. 11-46. http://www.psypress.com/books/details/9780863774904/


Book Chapter

Phillips W, Kay JW & Smyth DM (1995) How local cortical processors that maximize coherent variation could lay foundations for representation proper. In: Smith L & Hancock P (eds.) Neural Computation and Psychology: Proceedings of the 3rd Neural Computation and Psychology Workshop (NCPW3), Stirling, Scotland, 31 August – 2 September 1994. Workshops in Computing. London: Springer, pp. 117-133. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4471-3579-1_10


Conference Paper (published)

Hancock PJB, Smith L & Phillips W (1991) A biologically supported error-correcting learning rule. In: Kohonen T, Makisara K, Simula O & Kangas J (eds.) Artificial Neural Networks: Proceedings of the 1991 International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN-91), Espoo, Finland, 24-28 June 1991, Volume 1. 1991 International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN-91), Espoo, Finland, 24.06.1991-28.06.1991. Amsterdam: North-Holland, pp. 531-536.


Book Chapter

Phillips W & Smith L (1989) Conventional and Connectionist Approaches to Face Processing by Computer. In: Young A & Ellis H (eds.) Handbook of Research in Face Processing. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 513-518. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444871435#ancsection10


Book Chapter

Phillips W, Hancock PJB, Wilson NJ & Smith L (1989) On the Acquisition of Object Concepts from Sensory Data. In: Eckmiller I & von der Malsburg C (eds.) Neural Computers. Springer Study Edition, 41. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 159-168. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-83740-1_18


Commentary

Phillips W (1988) Brainy Minds. Commentary on: A critical notice of Parallel Distributed Processing (Volume I: Foundations; Volume II: Psychological and biological models), by D. E. Rumelhart, J. L. McClelland, and the PDP Research Group. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1986. ISBNS: Vol. I: 0262-68053X; Vol. II: 0262-631105. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology, 40 (2), pp. 389-405. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724988843000177


Article

Wilson JTL, Wiedmann KD, Phillips W & Brooks DN (1988) Visual Event Perception in Alcoholics. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 10 (2), pp. 222-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/01688638808408237


Book Chapter

Phillips W, Inall M & Lauder E (1985) On the discovery, storage and use of graphic descriptions. In: Freeman N & Cox M (eds.) Visual Order: The Nature and Development of Pictorial Representation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 122-134.


Article

Phillips W (1983) Short-term visual memory. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 302 (1110), pp. 295-309. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1983.0056


Article

Phillips W & Christie DFM (1977) Components of visual memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 29 (1), pp. 117-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/00335557743000080


Article

Phillips W & Christie DFM (1977) Interference with visualization. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 29 (4), pp. 637-650. https://doi.org/10.1080/14640747708400638


Article

Phillips W & Baddeley A (1971) Reaction time and short-term visual memory. Psychonomic Science, 22 (2), pp. 73-74. http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1972-26338-001