Cognitive Science articles from April 2000

Cognitive Science archives from April 2000

Getting to Best: Efficiency versus Optimality in Negotiation.
April 1, 2000... I. INTRODUCTION Although negotiation is ubiquitous, research suggests that negotiation behavior is far from optimal. While negotiators frequently feel they have successfully "negotiated" with another party, research has consistently...

The Nature and Processing of Errors in Interactive Behavior.
April 1, 2000... I. INTRODUCTION Overview The exact sequence of behavior that is required to program a VCR and other simple rule-based devices might seem arbitrary as long as it does not result in overt errors. However, although many patterns of...

Solving Inductive Reasoning Problems in Mathematics: Not-so-Trivial Pursuit.
April 1, 2000... One of his teachers, apparently eager for a respite from the day's lessons, asked the class to work quietly at their desks and add up the first hundred whole numbers. Surely this would occupy the little tykes for a good long time. Yet the...

Efficient Creativity: Constraint-Guided Conceptual Combination.
April 1, 2000... I. INTRODUCTION A fundamental aspect of everyday language comprehension is the interpretation of novel compound phrases through conceptual combination: a cognitive process that is engaged whenever people interpret new phrases like "sand...