Computer models of mind : computational approaches in theoretical psychology

Responsibility: Margaret A. Boden.
Imprint: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Physical description: xi, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series: Problems in the behavioural sciences ; 5

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Creators/Contributors

Author/Creator: Boden, Margaret A.

Contents/Summary

Bibliography

Bibliography: p. 265-282.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Patterns, polyhedra, imagery
3. Connectionist models of vision
4. Parsing natural language
5. Meaning and messages
6. Reasoning and rationality
7. Learning and development
8. Is computational psychology possible? 9. Conclusion
References
Index of names
Index of subjects.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

Publisher's summary

What is the mind? How does it work? How does it influence behavior? Some psychologists hope to answer such questions in terms of concepts drawn from computer science and artificial intelligence. They test their theories by modeling mental processes in computers. This book shows how computer models are used to study many psychological phenomena - including vision, language, reasoning, and learning. It also shows that computer modeling involves differing theoretical approaches. Computational psychologists disagree about some basic questions. For instance, should the mind be modeled by digital computers, or by parallel-processing systems more like brains? Do computer programs consist of meaningless patterns, or do they embody (and explain) genuine meaning?
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

Subjects

Subjects: Psychology > Computer simulation.; Psychology > Philosophy.

Bibliographic information

Publication date: 1988
Note: Includes indexes.
ISBN: 052124868X; 0521270332 (pbk.); 9780521248686; 9780521270335 (pbk.); 9060019431; 9789060019436

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