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Clancey, W. J. – 1990
A major error in cognitive science has been to suppose that the meaning of a representation in the mind is known prior to its production. Representations are inherently perceptual--constructed by a perceptual process and given meaning by subsequent perception of them. The person perceiving the representation determines what it means. This premise…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Learning Processes
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Yates, Jack – Psychological Review, 1985
A model of mental representations is developed and shown to provide a framework for interpreting research. The content of awareness is characterized as a model of the world capable of simulating future events, anticipating present events, and thereby formulating appropriate actions. Properties of awareness and of underlying processes are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Literature Reviews