Artem Kaznatcheev

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From the School of Computer Science and Department of Psychology at McGill University, I marvel at the world through algorithmic lenses. My specific interests are in quantum computing, evolutionary game theory, modern evolutionary synthesis, and theoretical cognitive science. Previously I was at the Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Combinatorics & Optimization at the University of Waterloo and a visitor to the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore.

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Feb 8	comment	What is an effective metric of complexity for an Artificial Neural Network? For a course grained and asymptotic computational-complexity metric see this cstheory question
Feb 8	comment	What is an effective metric of complexity for an Artificial Neural Network? I asked a follow up question on ML.SE about alternatives to VC-dimension used in machine learning.
Feb 8	comment	What are the major changes in the APA Publication Manual from 5th to 6th editions? I am still skeptical about this question, does anyone (except students learning for the first time) actually check their papers for APA style? I just have LaTeX (or Word) auto-format it for me according to the journal's style-sheet.
Feb 8	comment	Defining shyness towards strangers in confrontational situations I don't think this answers the question. The question asks for the name of this phenomena and if it has been studied. An answer should provide a name and reference to literature not attempts at diagnoses, 'alleviating', or guessing the source of the phenomena in a particular individual. This is not a self-help site.
Feb 8	comment	Is there a complete cortico-cortical connectivity map based on a useful partitioning of the cortex? is there any reason to believe that such would exist or be interesting (i.e. non-trivial... why do you suspect some regions to not innervate others)? A good place to start is the computational neuroanatomy article
Feb 8	comment	Why do some people seem to disregard the choice of doing nothing (The Zero Choice)? I think this question is borderline self-help and thus off-topic. I also don't see a strong research effort in formulating this question.
Feb 8	comment	How can consumers obtain an image and analysis of their own brain? "I'd personally say it's on-topic mostly because I can't think of anywhere else it would be on-topic" is a very bad justification and should never be used to determine scoping. I am just worried that this question borders on self-help, but maybe we should discuss this in more detail on meta.
Feb 8	comment	How can consumers obtain an image and analysis of their own brain? it is not a question about research in cogsci. It is not even a question that is useful for doing research in cogsci.
Feb 8	comment	How can consumers obtain an image and analysis of their own brain? I provided an answer, but I am a little skeptical if this question is on topic.
Feb 8	comment	Do characters in a dream have their own separate thoughts or identity? @Josh it might be worthwhile to try to relate this to more established parts of psychology like our understanding of multiple-personality disorders. If we can't think of dream characters as having a separate consciousness, can we at least think of them in the same way as alternate personalities in multiple-personality disorders?
Feb 8	comment	Defining shyness towards strangers in confrontational situations @dare2be what sources have you already consulted in formulating and trying to answer your own question?
Feb 8	comment	Why does neuroplasticity decrease in adults? @DanM. thanks for the explanation. It would be great if you could edit it into your answer to make it more clear. Also, your example of "aspects of the second language that match the first language are learned very quickly" would be very interesting for this ling.SE question
Feb 8	comment	What are good examples of applying dynamical systems in cognitive science? this is really cool. Is it possible to expand your answer with pro-tips on which articles of the issue you found most relevant/interesting?
Feb 8	comment	What are the major changes in the APA Publication Manual from 5th to 6th editions? I would not introduce the apa-style tag... do we want cogsci to become an apa-style reference site? It is okay to ask about research practice (and to have a tag for that) but creating subtags for very specific parts of research-practice (like apa-style) seems dangerous.
Feb 6	comment	What is the most complex artificial neural network created to date? @BenBrocka you might be interested in this article about what-if-anything we should expect from building bigger and bigger models. It came to me via this G+ page which might also interest you.
Feb 6	comment	Why does neuroplasticity decrease in adults? Further, even the comment "learning something different in the presence of an existing knowledge structure is more difficult than learning from a "blank slate" is not obviously correct. Since you have to be difficult with what you mean by 'different'.. is learning a second language different? What about the content of this question?
Feb 6	comment	Why does neuroplasticity decrease in adults? this is interesting. However, if learning something becomes MORE difficult given already having knowledge, why would you REDUCE plasticity? Wouldn't that make it twice as difficult. However, I think this approach is promising.
Feb 6	comment	Why does neuroplasticity decrease in adults? if you don't remember a reference, then you should leave this as a comment. There is definitely a lot of pruning going on in a child's brain, but there is also a lot of neurogenesis (since a human child's brain grows after they are born). Hence, your comment is not that clear cut. However, even if you extended your answer with references, you would still be answering the 'how' and not so much the 'why'.
Feb 6	comment	Why does neuroplasticity decrease in adults? this is a nice idea. But I specifically request formal models. At the very least, could you source some of your claims?
Feb 6	comment	What are good examples of applying dynamical systems in cognitive science? @Mike I don't know enough about the decades-old models of perceptual decision making to comment. I don't think the authors viewed their work as just routine application though. They obviously use diffusion equations... but deeming a work as a basic application only on account of that would make almost everything a basic application of statistical mechanics (which might be a true judgement ;)).