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{{Short description|Hypothesis in cognitive science}}

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'''Computational Representationalrepresentational Understandingunderstanding of Mindmind''' (abbreviated '''CRUM''') is ana [[hypothesis]] in [[cognitive science]] which proposes that thinking is performed by [[computations]] operating on representations. This hypothesis assumes that the mind has [[mental representation]]s analogous to [[data structures]] and computational procedures analogous to [[algorithms]], such that computer programs using algorithms applied to data structures can model the mind and its processes.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lieto|first=Antonio|title=Cognitive Design for Artificial Minds|year=2021|___location=London, UK | publisher=Routledge, Taylor & Francis | isbn=9781138207929}}</ref>

CRUM takes into consideration several theoretical approaches of understanding human [[cognition]], including [[logic]], [[:wikt:rule|rule]], [[concept]], [[analogy]], image, and connectionist-based systems based on [[artificial neural networks]]. These serve as the representation aspects of CRUM theory which are then acted upon to simulate certain aspects of human cognition, such as the use of [[rule-based systems]] in [[neuroeconomics]].

There is much disagreement on this hypothesis, but CRUM has been ''the most theoretically and experimentally successful approach to mind ever developed'' (Paul Thagard, 2005).

There is much disagreement on this hypothesis, but CRUM has high regard among some researchers.{{citation needed|reason=Need link to sources|date=April 2016}} Philosopher [[Paul Thagard]] called it "the most theoretically and experimentally successful approach to mind ever developed".<ref>{{Cite book|title=Mind: Introduction to Cognitive Science|last=Thagard|first=Paul|publisher=The MIT Press|year=2005|isbn=9780262701099|pages=11}}</ref>

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==See also==

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* [[Cognitive science]]

* [[Computational neuroscience]]

== External linksReferences==

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==External links==

* [http://cogsci.uwaterloo.ca/courses/Phil256/glossary.html Glossary for Cognitive Science at the University of Waterloo]

* [http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/%7Epthagard/Biographies/pault.html Paul Thagard]

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