BrainWave is a neural network simulator designed for teaching and research in connectionist modelling. It was written by Simon Dennis and Devin McAuley for an introductory cognitive science course on connectionist models of cognition at the University of Queensland.

Usability: BrainWave employs a highly graphical, direct manipulation interface - much like a drawing program making it easy for instructors to teach with and students to use. Accessibility: BrainWave was written in the Java programming language and can be run directly from web browsers such as Netscape and Internet Explorer (on Windows 95, MacOs 7.0 and several Unix platforms).
Coverage: The BrainWave package comes with a set of self-contained teaching modules. Course and reference materials developed by the BrainWave team are available free. Updates and extensions (including new models developed by BrainWave users) will be linked to the BrainWave home page. Encapsulation: Loading a network into the BrainWave workspace only includes those options that are relevant for that model. Care has been taken to ensure that all of the information necessary to run a network simulation is visible in the workspace or directly accessible in menus.
Flexibility: Using the Scheme language, you can customize many aspects of the BrainWave interface and develop new models.
The BrainWave homepage.

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