Language and Thought in Humans and Computers: Theory and Research in Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural ScienceA comprehensive analysis of current theory and research in the psychological, computational, and neural sciences elucidates the stuctures and processes of language and thought. Chapters discuss language comprehension and artificial intelligence, ARCS system for analogical retrieval, ACME model of analogical mapping, PAULINE, an artificial intelligence system for pragmatic language generation, a theory of understanding of spoken and written text, recent developments and effect of different modes of language representation on the efficiency of information processing. This book will be of interest to professionals and scholars in psychology, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science. |
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Language and Analogical Retrieval | 25 |
Language and Analogical Mapping | 45 |
Artificial Intelligence and the Pragmatics | 73 |
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Language and Thought in Humans and Computers: Theory and Research in ... Morton Wagman No preview available - 1998 |
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