Cognitive Science articles from May 2001

Cognitive Science archives from May 2001

Modeling individual differences in working memory performance: a source activation account.
May 1, 2001... 1. Introduction Working memory provides the resources needed to retrieve and maintain information during cognitive processing (Baddeley, 1986, 1990; Miyake & Shah, 1999). For example, during mental arithmetic one must hold the original...

Detecting deception: adversarial problem solving in a low base-rate world.
May 1, 2001... 1. Introduction Information in organizations and in society generally is often communicated in a context of conflict of interest, and with awareness of potential decision consequences (Feldman & March, 1988). Deception is one...

Systematic error in the organization of physical action.
May 1, 2001... 1. Introduction A much anticipated scene in films that recount the exploits of an expert swordsman is the inevitable battle where the central character must engage two enemies simultaneously. Fortunately for the hero, the foes...

Is perception informationally encapsulated? The issue of the theory-ladenness of perception.
May 1, 2001... 1. Introduction In his article "Observation reconsidered" Fodor (1984, 120)(1) argued that observation is theory neutral, since "two organisms with the same sensory/perceptual psychology will quite generally observe the same things, and...

Multidisciplinarity and cognitive science.
May 1, 2001... 1. Introduction The aim of Schunn, Crowley and Okada's interesting (Schunn, Rowley & Okada, 1998) study is to address the question of whether the current state of cognitive science, as represented by Cognitive Science and the Cognitive...