432 Pages
by Psychology Press

432 Pages
by Psychology Press

432 Pages
by Psychology Press

This book is a practical guide to building computational models of high-level cognitive processes and systems. High-level processes are those central cognitive processes involved in thinking, reasoning, planning, and so on. These processes appear to share representational and processing requirements, and it is for this reason that they are considered together in this text. The book is divided... Read more
Contents: Preface. Part I: Background. Modelling Cognition. An Introduction to COGENT. Part II: Modelling in Specific Domains. Overview. Arthimetic: A Cognitive Skill. Problem Solving. Deductive Reasoning. Decision Making. Sentence Processing. Executive Processes. Part III: Reflections. Reflections.

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Richard P. Cooper With Contributi, Peter G. Yule, John Fox, David W. Glasspool, Richard P. Cooper

"...the book is a helpful guide to computer modeling for both advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students who would like to get their 'hands wet' and start modeling psychological phenomena on their own as well as for seasoned modelers who would like to try out a new modeling environment."
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