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Record 1 1985-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A perspective on how humans think that is influenced by how computers work. This approach to psychology begins by focusing on the information that a person uses to reach some conclusion and then asks how one could design a computer program that would begin with that same information and reach that same conclusion. Espoused by Herbert Simon and Allan Newell, this perspective currently dominates cognitive psychology and has influenced the design of both computer languages and programs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

En intelligence artificielle, approche mimétique dans la conception des "machines pensantes" (machina sapiens), s'inspirant de la psychologie cognitive.

OBS

De manière générale, l'adjectif "cognitif" et le substantif "cognition" sont plus appropriés à rendre "knowledge-based" que "connaissances".

Spanish

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