Comparing Different Cognitive Paradigms with a Virtual Laboratory

A public virtual laboratory is presented, where animats are controlled by mechanisms from different cognitive paradigms. A brief description of the characteristics of the laboratory and the uses it has had is given. Mainly, it has been used to contrast philosophical ideas related with the notion of cognition, and to elucidate debates on "proper" paradigms in AI and cognitive science.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: IJCAI
• Authors: Carlos Gershenson
• Keywords: Brief Description, Cognitive, IJCAI 2003, IJCAI 2007, Public Virtual Laboratory