Transcript Chapter 4

Chapter 4
by Kathleen Mastrian and Dee McGonigle
Introduction to
Cognitive Science
Objectives
• Describe cognitive science.
• Assess how our minds process and generate
information and knowledge.
• Explore cognitive informatics.
• Examine artificial intelligence (AI) and its
relationship to cognitive science and
computer science.
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Artificial intelligence
Brain
Cognitive Informatics
Cognitive Science
Computer Science
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Decision Making
Empiricism
Epistemology
Intelligence
Intuition
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Knowledge
Logic
Memory
Mind
Neuroscience
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Perception
Problem Solving
Psychology
Rationalism
Reasoning
Wisdom
Cognitive Science
• The field of cognitive science
• What is cognitive science?
• Relationship between the mind and computer
science
• Purpose of cognitive science
Sources of Knowledge
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Empiricists and rationalists
Three sources of knowledge
Explain instinct
What is the process of reasoning?
What is intuition?
What sources of knowledge provide?
Nature of Knowledge
• Epistemology
• The importance of knowledge
Knowledge/Wisdom
and Decision Making
• How to make knowledge work for you
• The decision making process
• The nature of knowledge and the evolution of
wisdom
Cognitive Informatics
• Computing and informatics theories
• Cognitive Informatics
Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence
The challenge of artificial intelligence
An amazing processor
What artificial intelligence uses
Thought Provoking Questions
How would you describe cognitive
informatics (CI)? Reflect on a plan of care
that you have developed for a patient.
How could cognitive informatics be used
to create tools to help with this
important work?
Thought Provoking Questions
Think of a clinical setting you are familiar
with and envision artificial intelligence
tools.
• Are there any current tools in use?
• What tools would enhance practice in
this setting?
• Why?