The Relevance of Artificial Intelligence for Human Cognition

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Cognitive Science Principles Meet AI-Hard Problems

Volume

Papers from the 2006 AAAI Spring Symposium

Contents

We will discuss the question whether artificial intelligence can contribute to a better understanding of human cognition. We will introduce two examples in which AI models provide explanations for certain cognitive abilities: The first example examines aspects of analogical reasoning and the second example discusses a possible solution for learning first-order logical theories by neural networks. We will argue that artificial intelligence can in fact contribute to a better understanding of human cognition.