A Modern Integration of Cognitive and Computer Sciences

  • Authors:
  • G. Susanne Bahr;Matthew G. Bell;Jason Metz;Sarah Sowle;Elizabeth Beasley

  • Affiliations:
  • Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, U.S.A. 32901;Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, U.S.A. 32901;Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, U.S.A. 32901;Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, U.S.A. 32901;Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, U.S.A. 32901

  • Venue:
  • UAHCI '09 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Addressing Diversity. Part I: Held as Part of HCI International 2009
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Cognitive and Computer sciences have a long history of shared concepts and shared terminology. This paper explores a radical way of interdisciplinary thinking that ventures beyond loosely modeled metaphorical applications of computer systems and the use of terminology with mere face validity. Our focus is on interdisciplinary conceptual, structure and process commonalities. We provide an example of the discovery of shared concepts, knowledge structures and a common mental model using semantic memory organization in humans and object oriented programming, in particular the principle of inheritance. We discuss whether JAVA applications forget and suggest further research topics.