Reverse engineering the structure of cognitive mechanisms
David Pietraszewski, Annie E. Wertz · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 2011
Abstract Describing a cognitive system at a mechanistic level requires an engineering task analysis. This involves identifying the task and developing models of possible solutions. Evolutionary psychology and Bayesian modeling make complimentary contributions: Evolutionary psychology suggests the types of tasks that human brains were designed to solve, while Bayesian modeling provides a rigorous description of possible computational solutions to such problems.