One similarity between connectionist network models of the brain and semantic network models of mind is that:

a) both types of models would agree that excitatory connections underlie knowledge representation.
b) both types of models would agree that related concepts are spatially close to one another.
c) both types of models would agree that a given concept is represented by a single "node", or representation.
d) both types of models would agree that connections between concepts are never inhibitory.


Answer: a

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