Abstract
The recently published book, “Anatomy of the Mind,” explains psychological (cognitive) mechanisms, processes, and functionalities through a comprehensive computational theory of the human mind—that is, a cognitive architecture. The goal of the work has been to develop a unified framework and then to develop process-based mechanistic understanding of psychological phenomena within the unified framework. In this article, I will provide a quick overview of the work.
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I would like to thank Dr. Amir Hussain for his invitation to write this overview. Thanks are also due to the many students, collaborators, and colleagues of mine, past and present, for their contributions to the Clarion project.
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Sun, R. Anatomy of the Mind: a Quick Overview. Cogn Comput 9, 1–4 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-016-9444-2
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