Cognitive Science articles from July 1998

Cognitive Science archives from July 1998

Turing's Analysis of Computation and Theories of Cognitive Architecture.
July 1, 1998... Turing's analysis of computation is a fundamental part of the background of cognitive science. In this paper it is argued that a re-interpretation of Turing's work is required to underpin theorizing about cognitive architecture. It is claimed...

Representations and Cognitive Explanations: Assessing the Dynamicist's Challenge in Cognitive Science.
July 1, 1998... Advocates of dynamical systems theory (DST) sometimes employ revolutionary rhetoric. In an attempt to clarify how DST models differ from others in cognitive science, I focus on two issues raised by DST: the role for representations in mental...

Reading Abraham Lincoln: An Expert/Expert Study in the Interpretation of Historical Texts.
July 1, 1998... This study explored how historians with different background knowledge read a series of primary source documents. Two university-based historians thought aloud as they read documents about Abraham Lincoln and the question of slavery, with the...

Analogy Events: How Examples are Used During Problem Solving.
July 1, 1998... In attempting to fit a model of analogical problem solving to protocol data of students solving physics problems, several unexpected observations were made. Analogies between examples and exercises (a form of case-based reasoning) consisted...