{"product_id":"unifying-the-mind-cognitive-representations-as-graphical-models-cognitive-research-as-graphical-models-9780262027991","title":"Unifying the Mind: Cognitive Representations as Graphical Models (Cognitive Research as Graphical Models)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA novel proposal that the unified nature of our cognition can be partially explained by a cognitive architecture based on graphical models. Our ordinary  everyday thinking requires an astonishing range of cognitive activities  yet our cognition seems to take place seamlessly. We move between cognitive processes with ease  and different types of cognition seem to share information readily. In this book  David Danks proposes a novel cognitive architecture that can partially explain two aspects of human cognition: its relatively integrated nature and our effortless ability to focus on the relevant factors in any particular situation. Danks argues that both of these features of cognition are naturally explained if many of our cognitive representations are understood to be structured like graphical models. The computational framework of graphical models is widely used in machine learning  but Danks is the first to offer a book-length account of its use to analyze multiple areas of cognition. Danks demonstrates the usefulness of this approach by reinterpreting a variety of cognitive theories in terms of graphical models. He shows how we can understand much of our cognitionin particular causal learning  cognition involving concepts  and decision makingthrough the lens of graphical models  thus clarifying a range of data from experiments and introspection. Moreover  Danks demonstrates the important role that cognitive representations play in a unified understanding of cognition  arguing that much of our cognition can be explained in terms of different cognitive processes operating on a shared collection of cognitive representations. Dankss account is mathematically accessible  focusing on the qualitative aspects of graphical models and separating the formal mathematical details in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45273897959477,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262027992","price":239.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262027991.jpg?v=1780492123","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/unifying-the-mind-cognitive-representations-as-graphical-models-cognitive-research-as-graphical-models-9780262027991","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}