Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

ACT-R

Index ACT-R

ACT-R (pronounced /ˌækt ˈɑr/; short for "Adaptive Control of Thought—Rational") is a cognitive architecture mainly developed by John Robert Anderson at Carnegie Mellon University. [1]

41 relations: Allen Newell, Basal ganglia, Blood-oxygen-level dependent imaging, Carleton University, Carnegie Mellon University, Cingulate cortex, CLARION (cognitive architecture), Cognitive architecture, Cognitive neuroscience, Cognitive psychology, Cognitive science, Cognitive tutor, Cognitivism (psychology), Common Lisp, Connectionism, Explicit memory, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, GNU Lesser General Public License, Gordon H. Bower, Java (programming language), John Robert Anderson (psychologist), Language, Lisp (programming language), Memory, Motor cortex, Neuroimaging, Prefrontal cortex, Procedural memory, Production system (computer science), Programming language, Psychological refractory period, Python (programming language), Rational analysis, Rice University, Scott Fahlman, Serial-position effect, Soar (cognitive architecture), Source of activation confusion model, Stroop effect, Task switching (psychology), United States Naval Research Laboratory.

Allen Newell

Allen Newell (March 19, 1927 – July 19, 1992) was a researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology at the RAND Corporation and at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and Department of Psychology.

New!!: ACT-R and Allen Newell · See more »

Basal ganglia

The basal ganglia (or basal nuclei) is a group of subcortical nuclei, of varied origin, in the brains of vertebrates including humans, which are situated at the base of the forebrain.

New!!: ACT-R and Basal ganglia · See more »

Blood-oxygen-level dependent imaging

Blood-oxygen-level dependent contrast imaging, or BOLD-contrast imaging, is a method used in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to observe different areas of the brain or other organs, which are found to be active at any given time.

New!!: ACT-R and Blood-oxygen-level dependent imaging · See more »

Carleton University

Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

New!!: ACT-R and Carleton University · See more »

Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University (commonly known as CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

New!!: ACT-R and Carnegie Mellon University · See more »

Cingulate cortex

The cingulate cortex is a part of the brain situated in the medial aspect of the cerebral cortex.

New!!: ACT-R and Cingulate cortex · See more »

CLARION (cognitive architecture)

Connectionist Learning with Adaptive Rule Induction On-line (CLARION) is a computational cognitive architecture that has been used to simulate many domains and tasks in cognitive psychology and social psychology, as well as implementing intelligent systems in artificial intelligence applications.

New!!: ACT-R and CLARION (cognitive architecture) · See more »

Cognitive architecture

A cognitive architecture can refer to a theory about the structure of the human mind.

New!!: ACT-R and Cognitive architecture · See more »

Cognitive neuroscience

The term cognitive neuroscience was coined by George Armitage Miller and Michael Gazzaniga in year 1976.

New!!: ACT-R and Cognitive neuroscience · See more »

Cognitive psychology

Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes such as "attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking".

New!!: ACT-R and Cognitive psychology · See more »

Cognitive science

Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary, scientific study of the mind and its processes.

New!!: ACT-R and Cognitive science · See more »

Cognitive tutor

A cognitive tutor is a particular kind of intelligent tutoring system that utilizes a cognitive model to provide feedback to students as they are working through problems.

New!!: ACT-R and Cognitive tutor · See more »

Cognitivism (psychology)

In psychology, cognitivism is a theoretical framework for understanding the mind that gained credence in the 1950s.

New!!: ACT-R and Cognitivism (psychology) · See more »

Common Lisp

Common Lisp (CL) is a dialect of the Lisp programming language, published in ANSI standard document ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (R2004) (formerly X3.226-1994 (R1999)).

New!!: ACT-R and Common Lisp · See more »

Connectionism

Connectionism is an approach in the fields of cognitive science, that hopes to represent mental phenomena using artificial neural networks.

New!!: ACT-R and Connectionism · See more »

Explicit memory

Explicit memory (or declarative memory) is one of the two main types of long-term human memory.

New!!: ACT-R and Explicit memory · See more »

Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow.

New!!: ACT-R and Functional magnetic resonance imaging · See more »

GNU Lesser General Public License

The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF).

New!!: ACT-R and GNU Lesser General Public License · See more »

Gordon H. Bower

Gordon H. Bower (born December 30, 1932) is a cognitive psychologist studying human memory, language comprehension, emotion, and behavior modification.

New!!: ACT-R and Gordon H. Bower · See more »

Java (programming language)

Java is a general-purpose computer-programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

New!!: ACT-R and Java (programming language) · See more »

John Robert Anderson (psychologist)

John Robert Anderson (born August 27, 1947) is a Canadian-born American psychologist.

New!!: ACT-R and John Robert Anderson (psychologist) · See more »

Language

Language is a system that consists of the development, acquisition, maintenance and use of complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so; and a language is any specific example of such a system.

New!!: ACT-R and Language · See more »

Lisp (programming language)

Lisp (historically, LISP) is a family of computer programming languages with a long history and a distinctive, fully parenthesized prefix notation.

New!!: ACT-R and Lisp (programming language) · See more »

Memory

Memory is the faculty of the mind by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved.

New!!: ACT-R and Memory · See more »

Motor cortex

The motor cortex is the region of the cerebral cortex involved in the planning, control, and execution of voluntary movements.

New!!: ACT-R and Motor cortex · See more »

Neuroimaging

Neuroimaging or brain imaging is the use of various techniques to either directly or indirectly image the structure, function/pharmacology of the nervous system.

New!!: ACT-R and Neuroimaging · See more »

Prefrontal cortex

In mammalian brain anatomy, the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is the cerebral cortex which covers the front part of the frontal lobe.

New!!: ACT-R and Prefrontal cortex · See more »

Procedural memory

Procedural memory is a type of implicit memory (unconscious memory) and long-term memory which aids the performance of particular types of tasks without conscious awareness of these previous experiences.

New!!: ACT-R and Procedural memory · See more »

Production system (computer science)

A production system (or production rule system) is a computer program typically used to provide some form of artificial intelligence, which consists primarily of a set of rules about behavior.

New!!: ACT-R and Production system (computer science) · See more »

Programming language

A programming language is a formal language that specifies a set of instructions that can be used to produce various kinds of output.

New!!: ACT-R and Programming language · See more »

Psychological refractory period

The term psychological refractory period (PRP) refers to the period of time during which the response to a second stimulus is significantly slowed because a first stimulus is still being processed.

New!!: ACT-R and Psychological refractory period · See more »

Python (programming language)

Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming.

New!!: ACT-R and Python (programming language) · See more »

Rational analysis

Rational analysis is a theoretical framework, methodology, and research program in cognitive science that has been developed by John Anderson.

New!!: ACT-R and Rational analysis · See more »

Rice University

William Marsh Rice University, commonly known as Rice University, is a private research university located on a 300-acre (121 ha) campus in Houston, Texas, United States.

New!!: ACT-R and Rice University · See more »

Scott Fahlman

Scott Elliott Fahlman (born March 21, 1948) is a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University.

New!!: ACT-R and Scott Fahlman · See more »

Serial-position effect

Serial-position effect is the tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst.

New!!: ACT-R and Serial-position effect · See more »

Soar (cognitive architecture)

Soar is a cognitive architecture, originally created by John Laird, Allen Newell, and at Carnegie Mellon University.

New!!: ACT-R and Soar (cognitive architecture) · See more »

Source of activation confusion model

SAC (source of activation confusion) is a computational model of memory encoding and retrieval.

New!!: ACT-R and Source of activation confusion model · See more »

Stroop effect

---- ---- Naming the font color of a printed word is an easier and quicker task if word meaning and font color are not incongruent.

New!!: ACT-R and Stroop effect · See more »

Task switching (psychology)

Task switching, or set-shifting, is an executive function that involves the ability to unconsciously shift attention between one task and another.

New!!: ACT-R and Task switching (psychology) · See more »

United States Naval Research Laboratory

The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.

New!!: ACT-R and United States Naval Research Laboratory · See more »

Redirects here:

ACT (cognitive model), Adaptive Control of Thought, Adaptive control of thought.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT-R

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »