creators_name: Clancey, William J.
type: journalp
datestamp: 1998-06-16
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:53:58
metadata_visibility: show
title: Situated action: A neuropsychological interpretation (Response to Vera and Simon)
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
subjects: neuro-psy
subjects: phil-epist
full_text_status: public
keywords: situated action, neuropsychology, memory, neuroscience, situated cognition, cognitive modeling, symbol systems, representations
abstract: Symbols in computer programs are not necessarily isomorphic in form or capability to neural processes. Representations in our models are stored descriptions of the world and human behavior, created by a human interpreter; representations in the brain are neither immutable forms nor encoded in some language. Although the term "symbol" can be usefully applied to describe words, smoke signals, neural maps, and graphic icons, a science of symbol processing requires distinguishing between the structural, developmental, and interactive nature of different forms of representing.
date: 1993
date_type: published
publication: Cognitive Science
volume: 17
number: 1
pagerange: 87-107
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Clancey, William J.  (1993) Situated action: A neuropsychological interpretation (Response to Vera and Simon).  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/459/1/128.htm