Toward an Atlas of Canonical Cognitive Mechanisms

Angelo Pirrone; Konstantinos Tsetsos

doi:10.1111/cogs.13243

Toward an Atlas of Canonical Cognitive Mechanisms

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Toward an Atlas of Canonical Cognitive Mechanisms. / Pirrone, Angelo; Tsetsos, Konstantinos.

in: COGNITIVE SCI, Jahrgang 47, Nr. 2, 02.2023, S. e13243.

Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › Letter › Forschung › Begutachtung

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Pirrone, A & Tsetsos, K 2023, 'Toward an Atlas of Canonical Cognitive Mechanisms', COGNITIVE SCI, Jg. 47, Nr. 2, S. e13243. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13243

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Pirrone, A., & Tsetsos, K. (2023). Toward an Atlas of Canonical Cognitive Mechanisms. COGNITIVE SCI, 47(2), e13243. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13243

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Pirrone A, Tsetsos K. Toward an Atlas of Canonical Cognitive Mechanisms. COGNITIVE SCI. 2023 Feb;47(2):e13243. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13243

Bibtex

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abstract = "A central goal in Cognitive Science is understanding the mechanisms that underlie cognition. Here, we contend that Cognitive Science, despite intense multidisciplinary efforts, has furnished surprisingly few mechanistic insights. We attribute this slow mechanistic progress to the fact that cognitive scientists insist on performing underdetermined exercises, deriving overparametrized mechanistic theories of complex behaviors and seeking validation of these theories to the elusive notions of optimality and biological plausibility. We propose that mechanistic progress in Cognitive Science will accelerate once cognitive scientists start focusing on simpler explananda that will enable them to chart an atlas of elementary cognitive operations. Looking forward, the next challenge for Cognitive Science will be to understand how these elementary cognitive processes are pieced together to explain complex behavior.",

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