Simplifying the interaction between cognitive models and task environments with the JSON Network Interface

Process models of cognition, written in architectures such as ACT-R and EPIC, should be able to interact with the same software with which human subjects interact. By eliminating the need to simulate the experiment, this approach would simplify the modeler’s effort, while ensuring that all steps req...

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Published in:Behavior research methods 2014-12, Vol.46 (4), p.1007-1012
Main Authors: Hope, Ryan M., Schoelles, Michael J., Gray, Wayne D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Cognitive models
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science - instrumentation
Cognitive Science - methods
Computer Simulation
Human subjects
Humans
Models, Psychological
Programming Languages
Psychology
Software
Software Design
User-Computer Interface
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Summary:Process models of cognition, written in architectures such as ACT-R and EPIC, should be able to interact with the same software with which human subjects interact. By eliminating the need to simulate the experiment, this approach would simplify the modeler’s effort, while ensuring that all steps required of the human are also required by the model. In practice, the difficulties of allowing one software system to interact with another present a significant barrier to any modeler who is not also skilled at this type of programming. The barrier increases if the programming language used by the modeling software differs from that used by the experimental software. The JSON Network Interface simplifies this problem for ACT-R modelers, and potentially, modelers using other systems.
ISSN:1554-3528
1554-351X
1554-3528
DOI:10.3758/s13428-013-0425-z