Cognitive architecture

A cognitive architecture is both a theory about the structure of the <a href="/facts/Human_mind/Y5JhtFj4">human mind</a> and to a computational instantiation of such a theory used in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and <a href="/facts/Computational_cognitive_science/yMSVbMoH">computational cognitive science</a>. These formalized <a href="/facts/Model/Hj8KMwdD">models</a> can be used to further refine comprehensive theories of <a href="/facts/Cognition/ga0tSBul">cognition</a> and serve as the frameworks for useful artificial intelligence programs. Successful cognitive architectures include <a href="/facts/ACT-R/QA8cYaAr">ACT-R</a> (Adaptive Control of Thought – Rational) and <a href="/facts/Soar_(cognitive_architecture)/jV7B7EzH">SOAR</a>. 
The research on cognitive architectures as software instantiation of cognitive theories was initiated by <a href="/facts/Allen_Newell/61yUQ647">Allen Newell</a> in 1990. 
A theory for a cognitive architecture is an "hypothesis about the fixed structures that provide a mind, whether in natural or artificial systems, and how they work together — in conjunction with knowledge and skills embodied within the architecture — to yield intelligent behavior in a diversity of complex environments."

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Cognitive architecture