title: The limitations of the reverse-engineering approach to cognitive modeling.
abstract: Frost's critique reveals the limitations of the reverse-engineering approach to cognitive modeling--the style of psychological explanation in which a stipulated internal organization (in the form of a computational mechanism) explains a relatively narrow set of phenomena. An alternative is to view organization as both the explanation for some phenomena and a phenomenon to be explained. This move poses new and interesting theoretical challenges for theories of word reading.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268, USA. Jay.Rueckl@Uconn.edu
authors.forename: Jay G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Rueckl
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D011932:Reading; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012660:Semantics