NeuroLab v1.1.0

I have released NeuroLab v1.1.0.

Highlights of this release include:

  • Abstract/Compact Notation: You can now build relational networks using the bidirectional nodes and links of the Abstract (formerly “Compact”) notation.
  • Subnetworks: There is a new item type that allows you to create sub-networks and link in and out of them.
  • Variable Link Lengths: You can now change the length of links (i.e. the number of time steps it takes for activation to spread through the link).

Neurocognitive Linguistics is an approach to linguistics developed by Sydney Lamb which uses relational networks to model what the brain actually does when it handles language. You can read more about it at the LangBrain site and Glottopedia.

Neurocognitive Linguistics Lab (“NeuroLab” for short) is a program that allows you to experiment with relational networks using a convenient GUI, and record the results of your experiments in tabular form.

Neurocognitive Linguistics Laboratory v1.0.3 Released

I have made a new release (v1.0.3) of the Neurocognitive Linguistics Laboratory software.

The program is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux at:
http://bitbucket.org/kulibali/neurocogling/downloads

PLEASE NOTE: if you used the v1.0.2 Windows installer to install v1.0.2, please uninstall it before installing v1.0.3.

This update contains a few bug fixes and some internal improvements:

  • Link rendering is more friendly and efficient.
  • Plugins can now be loaded on OS X.
  • Bug fix: fixed crash when loading files containing self-links.
  • Bug fix: fixed crash when creating new items after multiple items were selected.

Please see the changelog for further details:
http://bitbucket.org/kulibali/neurocogling/wiki/Changelog

The Neurocognitive Linguistics Lab (“NeuroLab” for short) is a program that allows you to experiment with the relational networks of Sydney Lamb’s neurocognitive linguistics model using a convenient GUI, and record the results of your experiments in tabular form.

Neurocognitive Linguistics Lab v1.0.2 Released

I have released a new version (1.0.2) of the Neurocognitive Linguistics Laboratory software.

The program is available for download for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

This update contains mostly user interface improvements, including:

  • Added some sample files to the distribution.
  • Cut and paste: you can now cut, copy and paste network items.
  • You can now zoom in and out of the network view.
  • Printing support: you can print network diagrams or export them to a variety of graphics formats.
  • Implemented node threshold learning similar to that in Colin Harrison’s dissertation.
  • Added a network item type for text labels.
  • Added some nice icons from the Silk icon set.
  • You can now edit common properties when more than one item is selected.

Please see the changelog for further details.

Neurocognitive Linguistics Lab (“NeuroLab” for short) is a program that allows you to experiment with the relational networks of Sydney Lamb‘s neurocognitive linguistics model using a convenient GUI, and record the results of your experiments in tabular form.

The Neurocognitive Linguistics Lab is Copyright (C) 2010 Gordon Tisher, and available under the terms of the BSD License.

Cross-Platform

So I’m trying to build NeuroLab on OS X. It builds and links, and I’ve written a script to munge the libraries’ names.

It crashed on start, due to a different order of static member initialization in libraries than on either Win32 or Linux. Fixed that.

Now it just randomly crashes deep in the Qt library, while drawing text. I can’t figure out how to point gdb to the Qt sources.