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Category: Psychology
Modelling
"…models illuminate core dynamics, suggest dynamical analogies, and reveal the apparently simple to be complex (or, the apparently complex to be simple)."
Joshua M. Epstein, 2008.
"Behavior is basically the goal directed attempt of the organism to satisfy its needs as experienced, in the field as perceived."
Carl Rogers, 1951.
2009 April 16
A novel look at the spread of medical superstitions
Tackling the intruiging question of how ill people decide on a course of treatment for their disease.
2008 November 13
Illuminating abstractions – Epstein on "Why model?"
"The most important contribution of the modeling enterprise," writes Epstein, "is that it enforces a scientific habit of mind, which I would characterize as one of militant ignorance - an iron commitment to 'I don't know'."
2008 November 12
How distant groups of neurons can self-organize so that they fire synchronously.
2008 November 04
Santa Fe Institute tightens its belt
2006 November 21
A contender for psychology's Grand Unified Theory.
2006 September 04
Can people, in principle, be modelled mathematically?
"Humans are difficult to understand," writes Bruce Dickson, "and it may be impossible to prove understanding (or lack thereof) even if you have a model."
2006 August 12
February skies
- Find out about the Moon, stars, planets and constellations visible in the southern skies this month in Southern Sky News for 2010 February.
ASSA Symposium
- Eighth Biennial ASSA Symposium will be held in Pretoria on 2010 October 07/08.
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