title: The role of computational models in investigating typical and pathological behaviors.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. prahlad-gupta@uiowa.edu
authors: Prahlad
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authors: Gupta
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008960:Models, Psychological; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer