computational models - Models based on the overarching hypothesis that the mind is a type of computer which can be described in algorithmic terms
The two major types of computational model are symbolic and connectionist. Recently there has been a third, dynamicist, approach which has been postulated as an alternative to either symbolicism or connectionism. However, it is not yet clear if dynamicism offers a true alternative or whether it can be considered a special class of connectionist models.
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Thelen, E. and L. B. Smith (1994). A dynamic systems approach to the development of cognition and action. Cambridge, MIT Press. [bookstore]
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