Geometric Module.

McGregor, A.

Abstract

The concept of cognitive modularity is crucial to our understanding of the architecture of the mind. One view is that psychological processes such as learning, perception, memory, and judgment are domain general such that they are able to interact with and influence one another. Others argue, to a lesser or greater degree, that the mind is composed of independent domain-specific processing modules. Fodor (1983) argued that some perceptual processes follow this modular architecture but that cognitive processes were largely nonmodular. One characteristic of a module is that the information it processes is encapsulated; that is, the module is impenetrable to information stored centrally elsewhere, and the central store of information has limited access to the information processed by the module. Thus in an encapsulated module, processing of information is largely independent of information processed elsewhere. A classic example of this kind of modularity is in visual illusions. A person...

Citation

McGregor, A. (2017). Geometric Module. In J. Vonk, & T. Shackleford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_895-1

• Online Publication Date: Sep 5, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Deposit Date: Feb 5, 2018
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Book Title: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_895-1
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1636779