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  85-412/712 Cognitive Modeling Readings, Notes, and SoftwareCurrent EnvironmentInstallation information and system requirements for the Environment are 
available in the manual available as either a
Microsoft Word 
document or a
pdf file. The Environment now includes the Tcl/Tk side of the Environment as an 
executable for each system (see the manual for more information), and here are 
the downloads:  
The unit and assignment for the week will be discussed in class each Tuesday.   The paper will be discussed in class 
on
Thursday. Students will be expected to email the instructors (John
Anderson - ja@cmu.edu and Phil Pavlik - ppavlik@andrew.cmu.edu) one question 
based on either that week's assignment or that week's reading before the 
Thursday class by 11pm on Wednesday. 
 
Below you will find pointers to the pdf texts of the notes and readings
(where available). The notes are also available in Microsoft Word
format and html. We also included pointers to the  files containing
the models discussed in class.
 
  | Week | Date | Unit | Description | Slides | Models | Papers |  
  | 1 | Jan 14 | Understanding Production Systems
  html
  doc
  pdf |  |  | Windows Mac OS
  Unix | Anderson, Bothell, Byrne, and Lebiere.
  An Integrated Theory of Mind. |  
  | 2 | Jan 21 | Perception and Motor Actions in ACT-R
  html
  doc
  pdf | html
  doc
  pdf | Slides | Windows Mac OS
  Unix | Anderson, J.R., Lebiere, C.
 The
  Newell Test for a Theory of Mind. |   | 3 | Jan 27 | Attention
  htm
  doc
  pdf | html doc
  pdf |  | Windows Mac OS
  Unix | Kieras, D., Meyer D. An 
  Overview of the EPIC Architecture for Cognition and Performance with 
  Application to Human-Computer Interaction. |   | 4 | Feb 4 | Complex Processing
  html
  doc
  pdf | html
  doc
  pdf |  | Windows Mac OS
  Unix | Anderson, J.R., Qin, Y., Stenger, 
  V. A., and Carter, C. S. Use of a Cognitive Architecture and fMRI to Mutually 
  inform Each Other |   | 5 | Feb 11 | Activation and Latency
  html
  doc
  pdf | html doc
  pdf | Slides
  Demo1
  Demo 2 | Windows Mac OS
  Unix | Just, M.A., Carpenter, P.A., Varma, S. Computational Modeling of High-Level
  Cognition and Brain Function. |   | 6 | Feb 18 | Activation and Probability of Recall
  html
  doc
  pdf | html doc
  pdf |  | Windows Mac OS
  Unix | Anderson and Schooler 
  Reflections on the Environment of Memory |  7 | Feb 25 | Base-level Learning and Accuracy
  html
  doc
  pdf | html doc
  pdf | Slides
  Demo 1 | Windows Mac OS
  Unix | Young and Lewis The Soar Cognitive 
  Architecture and Human Working Memory | 8 | Mar 4 | 
    
      | Selecting Productions on the Basis of Their 
      Utilities and Learning these Utilities
      html
      doc
      pdf |  | html doc
  pdf |  | Windows Mac OS
  Unix | None | 9 | Mar 13 | Production Rule Learning
  html
  doc
  pdf |  |  | Windows Mac OS
  Unix | Taatgen and Anderson Why do 
  children learn to say “Broke”? A model of learning the past tense without 
  feedback |  
 
  ppavlik@andrew.cmu.edu
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