{"product_id":"unified-theories-of-cognition-paper-9780674921016","title":"Unified Theories of Cognition Paper","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNewell introduces Soar, an architecture for general cognition. A pioneer system in AI, Soar is the first problem-solver to create its own subgoals and learn continuously from its own experience. Its ability to operate within the real-time constraints of intelligent behavior illustrates important characteristics of human cognition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanges authoritatively over 40 years of research in psychology, artificial intelligence and computer science… Lively, lucid and persuasive. -- John Fox * Nature *\u003cbr\u003eIf you want to understand mental architecture, you must read this book. -- Philip N. Johnson-Laird, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003eIt is an understatement to say that [this book] is indispensable reading for both established and budding cognitive scientists—and for researchers in the neighboring domains of neuroscience and artificial intelligence as well. -- Herbert A. Simon, Carnegie Mellon University\u003cbr\u003eAn extremely important contribution to the foundations of cognitive science… Because Newell tackles this integration head on, he has set an agenda for the next twenty years of cognitive science. -- George A. Miller, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  The Nature of Theories  What Are Unified Theories of Cognition?  Is Psychology Ready for Unified Theories?  The Task of the Book   Foundations of Cognitive Science  Behaving Systems  Knowledge Systems  Representation  Machines and Computation  Symbols  Architectures  Intelligence  Search and Problem Spaces  Preparation and Deliberation  Summary   Human Cognitive Architecture  The Human Is a Symbol System  System Levels  The Time Scale of Human Action  The Biological Band  The Neural Circuit Level  The Real-Time Constraint on Cognition  The Cognitive Band  The Level of Simple Operations  The First Level of Composed Operations  The Intendedly Rational Band  Higher Bands: Social, Historical, and Evolutionary  Summary   Symbolic Processing for Intelligence  The Central Architecture for Performance  Chunking  The Total Cognitive System  RI-Soar: Knowledge-Intensive and Knowledge-Lean Operation  Designer-Soar: Difficult Intellectual Tasks  Soar as an Intelligent System  Mapping Soar onto Human Cognition  Soar and the Shape of Human Cognition  Summary   Immediate Behavior  The Scientific Role of Immediate-Response Data  Methodological Preliminaries  Functional Analysis of Immediate Responses  The Simplest Response Task (SRI)  The Two-Choice Response Task (2CRT)  Stimulus-Response Compatibility (SRC)  Discussion of the Three Analyses  Item Recognition  Typing  Summary   Memory, Learning, and Skill  The Memory and Learning Hypothesis of Soar  The Soar Qualitative Theory of Learning  The Distinction between Episodic and Semantic Memory  Data Chunking  Skill Acquisition  Short-Term Memory (STM)  Summary   Intendedly Rational Behavior  Ciyptarithmetic  Syllogisms  Sentence Verification  Summary   Along the Frontiers  Language  Development  The Biological Band  The Social Band  The Role of Applications  How to Move toward Unified Theories of Cognition    References   Name Index   Subject Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49922419982679,"sku":"9780674921016","price":37.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674921016.jpg?v=1738537830","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/unified-theories-of-cognition-paper-9780674921016","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}