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Cognitive science

explaining cognition by first working out the optimal solution to the problem the environment poses, then assuming the mind approximates it.

In cognitive science, rational analysis refers to explaining cognition by first working out the optimal solution to the problem the environment poses, then assuming the mind approximates it. This meaning comes from Anderson (1991) in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.[1]

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cognition4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs environment1 fields · 2 citationsanchor · a standalone construct solution3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Anderson, J. R. (1991). Is human cognition adaptive? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 14(3), 471-485. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x00070801

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