Understanding computers and cognition by Fernando Flores, Terry Winograd

Understanding computers and cognition Fernando Flores, Terry Winograd ebook
Page: 221
ISBN: 0201112973, 9780201112979
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Format: djvu

Mapping the wiring diagram of the brain is crucial to untangling its vast communication network and understanding how it represents and processes information. But it was the arrival of the computer that gave cognitive psychology the terminology and metaphor it needed to investigate the human mind. System that simulates the way the brain works. Winograd and Flores's "Understanding Computers and Cognition" has been a major influence on our thinking in the Institute for Educational Cybernetics. Understanding Computers & Cognition: A New Foundation for Design. 1986 book Understanding Computers and Cognition is that. Abstract: A prevailing concept of cognition in psychology is inspired by the computer metaphor. This reading seemed quite visionary as it was written before I was born but managed to forsee quite well what is happening now. Two major milestones indicate the feasibility of building a cognitive computing chip: unprecedented advances in large-scale cortical simulation and a new algorithm that synthesizes neurological data. AMT preserved the social order of technologist-controlled computing, but enhanced this computing with human cognitive capabilities. Ontological design surfaced in 1986 with the publication of Flores and Winograd's 'Understanding Computers and Cognition'. Its focus Given the pervasive cultural modulation of cognition—on all of Marr's levels of description—we conclude that cognition is indeed fundamentally cultural, and that consideration of its cultural dimension is essential for a comprehensive understanding.