informationprocessinglike
Informationprocessinglike is a term used to describe phenomena, models, or systems that resemble information processing in structure or function. It denotes a likeness to the canonical information processing framework, where inputs are perceived, encoded, stored, transformed, and output as actions or decisions. The phrase signals that a process is similar to classical information-processing accounts without asserting exact equivalence.
The term is a neologism formed from information processing and the suffix -like. It appears in scholarly
Applications and examples include cognitive science and artificial intelligence contexts where architectures imitate sequential or parallel
Key features often associated with informationprocessinglike accounts include inputs, encoding into representations, memory stores, transformations or
- Information processing theory
- ACT-R
- SOAR