Language and Thought in Humans and Computers

A comprehensive analysis of current theory and research in the psychological, computational, and neural sciences directed toward the elucidation of the structures and processes of language and thought.

This is a comprehensive analysis of current theory and research in the psychological, computational and neural sciences directed towards the elucidation of the structures and processes of language and thought. Chapters discuss language comprehension and artificial intelligence.

A 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.