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Opportunities and challenges integrating resource-rational analysis with developmental perspectives.
Kimele Persaud1, Ilona Bass1, Joseph Colantonio1
1Department of Psychology, Rutgers University-Newark, Newark, NJ07103. kimele.persaud@rutgers.eduilona.m.bass@gmail.comjac621@scarletmail.rutgers.educm1172@scarletmail.rutgers.edulbaraff@gmail.com.
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|March 12, 2020
Summary
Resource-rational analysis offers a computational framework for understanding cognition. Developmental psychology provides a unique lens to apply and expand this approach, offering insights into cognitive development.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- The computational framework of resource-rational analysis has been proposed to tackle the reverse-engineering problem in cognition.
- This framework aims to understand cognitive processes by considering the rational use of limited cognitive resources.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the overlooked potential of developmental psychology in applying resource-rational analysis.
- To demonstrate how developmental changes can inform and expand the resource-rational approach.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis integrating resource-rationality with developmental psychology.
- Discussion of developmental change as a key element for computational modeling.
Main Results:
- Developmental psychology offers a critical, yet underutilized, context for resource-rational analysis.
- Developmental trajectories provide both practical applications and theoretical inspiration for the resource-rational framework.
Conclusions:
- Integrating developmental psychology with resource-rational analysis can yield significant advancements in understanding cognition.
- Future research should leverage developmental data to refine and extend computational models of cognition.
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