The role of computational models in investigating typical and pathological behaviors.
The use of computational models to simulate unimpaired human psychological behavior is now fairly common, and use of such models to simulate impaired behavior has also increased. In this article I discuss the relation of computational models to behavioral investigation and to theory, with a view to clarifying what a computational model is, and what its value may be in investigating unimpaired and pathological human psychological behavior.
Gupta
Prahlad
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Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. prahlad-gupta@uiowa.edu
D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008960:Models, Psychological; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer