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. 2012 Oct;35(5):305.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X1200026X. Epub 2012 Aug 29.

The limitations of the reverse-engineering approach to cognitive modeling

Jay G Rueckl  1
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The limitations of the reverse-engineering approach to cognitive modeling

Jay G Rueckl. Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Oct.

Abstract

Frost's critique reveals the limitations of the reverse-engineering approach to cognitive modeling--the style of psychological explanation in which a stipulated internal organization (in the form of a computational mechanism) explains a relatively narrow set of phenomena. An alternative is to view organization as both the explanation for some phenomena and a phenomenon to be explained. This move poses new and interesting theoretical challenges for theories of word reading.

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