Is the Mind a Network? Maps, Vehicles, and Skyhooks in Cognitive Network Science

• Published in: Topics in cognitive science Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 189 - 208
• Main Authors: Hills, Thomas T., Kenett, Yoed N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Cognition; Cognitive networks; Cognitive Science; Humans; Language; Memory; Process; Representation; Semantics; Cognition; Process; Representation; Language; Memory; Cognitive networks

Cognitive researchers often carve cognition up into structures and processes. Cognitive processes operate on structures, like vehicles driving over a map. Language alongside semantic and episodic memory are proposed to have structure, as are perceptual systems. Over these structures, processes opera...