Introduction to Cognitive Modeling
Cognitive models are appearing in all fields of cognition at a rapidly increasing
rate, ranging from perception to memory to problem solving and decision-making. Over
80% of the articles appearing in major theoretical journals of Cognitive Science involve
cognitive modeling.1 Furthermore, applications of cognitive modeling are beginning to
spill over into other fields including human factors, clinical psychology, cognitive
neuroscience, agent based modeling in economics, and many more.2 Thus cognitive
modeling is becoming an essential tool for Cognitive Science in particular and the Social
Sciences in general, and any serious student with an inclination toward theory
development needs to become a competent reader and perhaps user of these tools.
Cognitive models are appearing in all fields of cognition at a rapidly increasing
rate, ranging from perception to memory to problem solving and decision-making. Over
80% of the articles appearing in major theoretical journals of Cognitive Science involve
cognitive modeling.1 Furthermore, applications of cognitive modeling are beginning to
spill over into other fields including human factors, clinical psychology, cognitive
neuroscience, agent based modeling in economics, and many more.2 Thus cognitive
modeling is becoming an essential tool for Cognitive Science in particular and the Social
Sciences in general, and any serious student with an inclination toward theory
development needs to become a competent reader and perhaps user of these tools.