A Computational Approach to Cognitive Principles: Two Use Cases

• Event: Seminar
• Presented by: Emmanuelle Dietz from Airbus Central R&T
• Date: 15 October 2025
• Time: 13:15-15:00
• Venue: Gothenburg University, Humanisten and online
• Address: Renströmsgatan 6, 412 55 Göteborg
• Room: J411
• Zoom link: https://gu-se.zoom.us/j/67063108947?pwd=kPpjvMLCekxNTBVzq4uYP5gFZ6Y6vd.1
• Slides:

Abstract

Starting from the observation that humans often deviate from classical logic when reasoning in everyday life, we show how these extra-logical patterns can be formalized as cognitive principles. Cognitive principles are generalizations of relevant heuristics that guide human’s decisions. In this talk I will discuss two use cases, In the first case, I will show how cognitive argumentation can be integrated in the cognitive architecture, ACT-R. The argumentation process is guided by the context through the spreading activation of chunks, bridging to lower levels of cognition. The second use case is about sequential problem solving, where I will present a hybrid approach in ACT-R. Finally, we will discuss how these approaches can potentially be relevant in application.