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James McClelland (psychologist) was born on 1 December, 1948 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is an A member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. Discover James McClelland (psychologist)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 75 years old?

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Born 1 December 1948
Birthday 1 December
Birthplace Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nationality United States

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1948

James Lloyd "Jay" McClelland, FBA (born December 1, 1948) is the Lucie Stern Professor at Stanford University, where he was formerly the chair of the Psychology Department.

He is best known for his work on statistical learning and Parallel Distributed Processing, applying connectionist models (or neural networks) to explain cognitive phenomena such as spoken word recognition and visual word recognition.

McClelland was born on December 1, 1948, to Walter Moore and Frances (Shaffer) McClelland.

1970

He received a B.A. in Psychology from Columbia University in 1970, and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975.

1978

He married Heidi Marsha Feldman on May 6, 1978, and has two daughters.

1980

McClelland is to a large extent responsible for the large increase in scientific interest in connectionism in the 1980s.

1986

In 1986 McClelland published Parallel Distributed Processing: Explorations in the Microstructure of Cognition with David Rumelhart, which some still regard as a bible for cognitive scientists.

His present work focuses on learning, memory processes, and psycholinguistics, still within the framework of connectionist models.

2006

In fall 2006 McClelland moved to Stanford University from Carnegie Mellon University, where he was a professor of psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience.

He also holds a part-time appointment as Consulting Professor at the Neuroscience and Aphasia Research Unit (NARU) within the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester.

2010

He is a former chair of the Rumelhart Prize committee, having collaborated with Rumelhart for many years, and himself received the award in 2010 at the Cognitive Science Society Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon.

McClelland and David Rumelhart are known for their debate with Steven Pinker and Alan Prince regarding the necessity of a language-specific learning module.

2017

In July 2017, McClelland was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.