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Sanborn, Adam N. and Griffiths, Thomas L. (2015) Exploring the structure of mental representations by implementing computer algorithms with people. In: Raaijmakers, J. G. W. and Criss, A. H. and Goldstone, R. L. and Nosofsky, R. M. and Steyvers, M., (eds.) Cognitive Modeling in Perception and Memory: A Festschrift for Richard M. Shiffrin. New York: Psychology Press ; Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 212-228.
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Abstract
Computer metaphors have been a mainstay of cognitive psychology, treating minds like information processing systems that operate on memory and mix serial and parallel processes. Recent work has taken this idea beyond a metaphor, examining the consequences of treating people as components in an algorithm that is usually executed by digital computers. By implementing a popular class of randomized algorithms – Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms – with people, we are able to generate samples from subjective probability distributions that reveal the mental representations that inform people’s judgments. In this chapter, we summarize the key idea behind this approach and review a number of ways in which it has recently been extended.
| Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Psychology | ||||
| Publisher: | Psychology Press ; Taylor & Francis Group | ||||
| Place of Publication: | New York | ||||
| Book Title: | Cognitive Modeling in Perception and Memory: A Festschrift for Richard M. Shiffrin | ||||
| Editor: | Raaijmakers, J. G. W. and Criss, A. H. and Goldstone, R. L. and Nosofsky, R. M. and Steyvers, M. | ||||
| Official Date: | 2015 | ||||
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| Number of Pages: | 291 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 212-228 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Funder: | Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC), United States. Air Force. Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) | ||||
| Grant number: | ES/K004948/1 |
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