Questions tagged [cognitive-modeling]
For questions about models and theoretical idealizations of cognitive processes in humans or other animals. Examples include computational, mathematical, and conceptual models.
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Modelling vs Mimicry/imitation
Consider the following two similar but different scenarios:
When Brian was on the way to work, he noticed someone crying on the sidewalk. Because during his childhood he saw his parents help in ...
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Is there any recent review of the book "Scripts, Plans, Goals, and Understanding: An Inquiry Into Human Knowledge Structures"?
My advisor asked me to read this book. However, I wonder if there is some recent review of the book that integrates AI and cognitive findings in recent years. Just want to know if there's any view in ...
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Should the noise stimulus in 2IFC task be same or different in each single trial?
Consider a 2-interval forced-choice task with noisy background stimulus, for example, detecting a particular feature in a noisy image, or detecting coherent motion in randomly moving dots. The goal is ...
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How retribution that is too harsh affects society?
When a criminal law is created it is usually designed so it balances retribution among other factors to be effective.
From what I can imagine, too lenient retribution long term may contribute to the ...
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Simulating accuracy according to a predictor variable? (R)
I'm trying to illustrate a proof-of-concept by simulating some data in RStudio, but I'm not totally sure how to go about the first part of the simulation -- modelling response accuracy.
Basically: I ...
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is there a way to predict the possible modularizations of the brain?
we know that human brain becomes more and more modular during its development. We see similar places for the similar modules in the brain (probably because of the similar inputs and vasculature around ...
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Is there any reference on how accurately people can answer comparison questions?
Have any lab experiments taken place on how accurately people answer comparison questions such as "Do you prefer A to B? or "Which one do you prefer? A or B?"
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Default Mode Network and: hyper-connectivity, hypo-connectivity, interconnectivity and intraconnectivity
I have been reading into DMN and its relationship to psychopathology. However, in some papers I have noticed terminology that mentioned hypo-,hyper-,inter-, and intraconnectivity. While I understand ...
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What is the best network-based cognitive model to explain and predict political decision-making?
I would like to build a simple human-readable model based on connected concepts that can model how people - very approximately - represent and update their decision-making on a political subject as ...
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Term of art for "agent-slotting" delusion?
Some years ago I read about the computational modeling of schizophrenia. (It was probably a summary in a layperson's science publication like Science News.)
As I recall, altering a single variable ...
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A primitive model or way of describing the "functionality" of intelligence
I spent quite a bit of time philosophizing about what intelligence actually (as in function-wise is) and I came to the conclusion that it consists of two (or so) properties
Number of operations per ...
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Is cognition a zero-sum phenomenon?
In other words, are cognitive resources finite? Let's say, hypothetically, our mind is only processing 2 tasks: word retrieval and executive decision-making. If I have to dedicate cognitive resources ...
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Gestalt Principles of Perception
I have studied that Gestalt Principles are principles/laws of human perception that describe how humans group similar elements, recognize patterns, and simplify complex images when we perceive objects....
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Memory Retention of [submininal] information
How effective is memory retention of [subliminal] information when specifically focusing your attention on a different focal point?
I.e... If I attempt to retain information from a lecture by playing ...
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Why do psychologists often not use mathematical models to express their theories?
I come from an economics background where people often written explicit mathematical models for their theories. To be clear, the vast majority of economic models are not useful quantitatively — the ...
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What is the difference between Cognitive Bias and Cognitive distortion?
I was asked by my professor to give a presentation on the topic "Cognitive biases and distortions" and during my prep I had this question. Could anyone please shed some light?
I tried ...
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Does the brain possess mechanisms to spot a feedback loop of self-induced negative sensation and relief?
Imagine a person has random psychosomatic itching and applies an ointment which brings relief. Could their brain wrongly assosiate the process that causes the itching as good as it brought relief?
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What is the current status of mental models vs mental logic controversy?
From what I understand there is (or was) a controversy whether humans reason deductively by constructing mental models and surveying them or by following built-in inference rules of mental logic (...
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Which function to use for fitting learning curves?
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I am fitting learning curves for cochlear implant (CI) users. These folks get a CI, and then need to start learning to understand speech again. They keep on improving for years. Along the ...
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Is there any formal understanding of how humans perceive humanity/vitality in other entities?
When humans watch animations which contain human-like characters in them, we seem to imagine that the animated individuals, whether they be photorealistic or mere stick figures, are human, or at least ...
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Is a New Software Library to Simulate Natural Processes like Hunger Needed?
This sort of dovetails off a question I asked on the AI Exchange: Is There A Need For Stochastic Inputs To Mimic Real-World Biology And Environment?
I figured this site would give more insight on ...
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"Being of the same mind" as a scientific concept
Folk psychology knows and uses the concept of "being of the same mind" that often is supposed to explain why two people find themselves sympathic or like (or even love) each other.
"Being of the same ...
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Is there any categorization of cognitive abilities based on brain structure and biology? [closed]
I'm pretty sure that the answer to the following question is yes :
Is there any categorization of cognitive abilities based on brain structure and biology?
However, because I'm a newbie, I'm kind of ...
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Is there a mathematical model for the "strength of your emotional reaction" to the effect of SMBC Comics's formula?
SMBC Comics (Emotion) presented the formula
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\text{strength of your emotional reaction} = \frac{\text{emotional power of an event}}{\text{your distance from the event}}.
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It feels intuitively ...
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Principles of grouping neurons
This is an overview question. I wonder which principles of grouping neurons into higher units are there, and which principles I have overseen.
neurotransmitter systems: all neurons that release or ...
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Predicting the individual effects of psychotropic drugs
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23796468/
I have searched the national library of medicine but I could not find any papers about predicting both the therapeutic and adverse effects on the ...
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Does the brain use the minimax algorithm?
The minimax algorithm is the basic way an AI can decide which move to make in a game.
The idea is that might be paraphrased as "prepare for the worst".
It seems such a fundamental way to decide ...
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Hobbies / interests correlated with Big 5 scores?
Are there any established treatments (I'm going to leave the exact terms a little bit vague because my understanding is vague) of which hobbies and interests are most likely to be attractive to ...
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How do I find Computer Science-Focused Cognitive Science Labs for Research?
I'm applying for Master's in Computer Science programs with the goal of gaining research experience and moving into the field of Cognitive Science to one day get my PhD.
I'm trying to find labs and ...
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How can I learn Integrated information Theory
I'm looking for a syllabus for Integrated Information Theory that could help a non-scientists learn all the fundamental concepts required to fully understand IIT
It looks like it involves statistics, ...
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What is it called when you imagine what other people would say or do in a certain situation?
For example, some Christians say that to know how to act, we just need to "imagine how Jesus would act in this situation." The same goes for people we know personally, as in: "What will my boss say ...
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What is the psychology behind epiphany?
What are the neural precursors that lead up to the epiphany? How can one, have more creative insights? How this affects our psyche? What's the psychology behind it?
The word "epiphany" has a deep, ...
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Open data for behavioral psychology experiment?
I have a model I'd like to compare to the Drift Diffusion model, which is commonly used to model response times and error rates in two-alternative forced-choice tasks. Lots of publications use the ...
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What questions can I ask someone to help them overcome the negative belief "whatever happens to me is going to be a big turmoil"? [closed]
Suppose a person has a strong negative belief that whatever happens to his life is going to cause him a big turmoil.
Then this person interprets all events from the view of this belief. The result is ...
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How are schamata represented in Cognitive Load Theory
I come across papers that say things like "if the new information is compatible with the schema, it is accepted". I'm not clear on how schemata are represented by theorists in order to make this ...
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Trying to remember the name of an Agent-Based Model
Out of curiosity- I used to read a Wiki page of a scientist (sadly I don't remember the name) who were the developer of an agent-based model.
Diagram had another entity class named similar to "...
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What tasks is Spaun 2.0 able to perform?
According to "A Large-Scale Model of the Functioning Brain" by Eliasmith et al., Spaun 1.0 was able to perform 8 distinct cognitive tasks:
Copy Drawing: Given a randomly chosen handwritten digit, ...
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How is memory structured (from a modeling perspective)?
My understanding is that memory is neither purely associationist (fully connected graph with weights) nor purely hierarchical (tree). What structure does biological evidence point towards? I'm ...
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What is an appropriate background for cognitive modeling?
Awhile back, I picked up Cognitive Modeling by Thad A. Polk (published in 2002 by MIT Press - and yes, before anyone points it out, I do realize that that's probably somewhat out of date at this point ...
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What is a effective and interactive exercise to demonstrate cognition to a class
I'm new to this site so I may mess up here and there with the question process.
I need to come up with an interactive exercise for a class to demonstrate cognition. The problem is, I find cognition ...
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Why are young girls writing love letters to the Parkland shooter?
Nikolas Cruz, now widely known as the shooter responsible for killing 17 students in Parkland, Florida and injuring another 17, is according to both CNN and the Sun Sentinel receiving piles of love ...
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Rat between two walls viewed as a product in a category
I'm reading the book "A New Foundation for Representation in Cognitive Brain Science - Category Theory and the Hippocampus" by Jaime Gómez-Ramirez (a terrible book, if you ask me).
On p. 164 the ...
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Can people act randomly? [duplicate]
Let's imagine an experiment. We will tell N normal people that they need to act randomly in the Rock–paper–scissors game (in this game Game Optimal Strategy is to choose an action with uniform ...
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Evidence and arguments for and against bounded rationality?
Can anyone point me to a couple prominent papers on Simon's concept of bounded rationality (i.e., that human rationality is shaped by limitations in our ability to ingest and process information)? ...
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Effect of overtime hours on morale / retention at a job?
I'm unsure if this is the place to ask, but I'm curious as to if there have been any studies on the effect of overtime hours worked and how it affects morale and possibly retention at a job? ...
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Theorem of uncertainty in cognitive science
Recently, reading one book I have come across such paragraph:
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By which neuronal mechanisms does music make us happy or sad?
There are brain regions (X) that show stronger activation for joyful music, regions (Y) that show stronger activation for sad music, and regions (Z) that show similar activation for both.
Assuming ...
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(Ekmans' Atlas of Emotions) What meaning (if any) can be deduced from the geometry of the "mountain" depicting a given emotion?
I have recently discovered that the Atlas of Emotions may be a useful tool in a research project I am working on. While lovely to look at, the Atlas seems to lack any description of the data encoded ...
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How to prime gammatone filters?
A set of gammatone band-pass filters are often used to model the filtering performed by the human inner ear. For example, "BatSLAM: Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Using Biomimetic Sonar" Jan ...
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Calculating chance behavior and behavioral strategies in delayed response paradigm [closed]
I am looking for more thoughts on appropriate ways of calculating chance behavior and subsequently calculating behavioral strategies for the following two types of tasks. Both have two types of errors ...
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