creators_name: Snyder, Douglas M.
type: journalp
datestamp: 1999-10-12
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:20
metadata_visibility: show
title: On Computer Simulation of Human Cognition
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: comp-sci-art-intel
full_text_status: public
keywords: intelligence, cognition, problem solving, information processes, computer simulation, Newell, Simon, theory validation, experimental controls, verbal reports, limits on simulation
abstract: The logic underlying the rationale for the use of computers to model human cognition is faulty as the researcher must decide as a precondition in the development of a program that which he deems essential characteristics of the targeted cognitive processes. Some consequences resulting from this faulty logic are discussed.
date: 1985
date_type: published
publication: Psychological Reports
volume: 57
pagerange: 1317-1318
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Snyder, Douglas M.  (1985) On Computer Simulation of Human Cognition.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/834/3/computer.pdf