The importance of cognitive architectures: an analysis based on CLARION

Research in computational cognitive modeling investigates the nature of cognition through developing process-based understanding by specifying computational models of mechanisms (including representations) and processes. In this enterprise, a cognitive architecture is a domaingeneric computational cognitive model that may be used for a broad, multiple-level, multipledomain analysis of behavior. It embodies generic descriptions of cognition in computer algorithms and programs. Developing cognitive architectures is a difficult but important task. In this article, discussions of issues and challenges in developing cognitive architectures will be undertaken, and an example cognitive architecture (CLARION) will be described. 1

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: JETAI
• Authors: Ron Sun
• Keywords: Cognitive Architecture, Computational Cognitive Modeling, Computational Models, JETAI 2007