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Real-world behavior as a constraint on the cognitive architecture: Comparing ACT-R and DAC in the Newell Test

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2004

Paul F. M. J. Verschure
Paul F. M. J. Verschure*
Affiliation:
Institute of Neuroinformatics, University Zürich–Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, 8057, Switzerlandhttp://www.ini.ethz.ch/~pfmjv
*
pfmjv@ini.phys.ethz.ch
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The Newell Test is an important step in advancing our understanding of cognition. One critical constraint is missing from this test: A cognitive architecture must be self-contained. ACT-R and connectionism fail on this account. I present an alternative proposal, called Distributed Adaptive Control (DAC), and expose it to the Newell Test with the goal of achieving a clearer specification of the different constraints and their relationships, as proposed by Anderson & Lebiere (A&L).

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 26 , Issue 5 , October 2003 , pp. 624 - 626
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003