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so they should also be so for the computer systems created) and unique (be-
cause every person assigns different representations to various information in
their brain) - Fig. 2.5.
Fig. 2.5.
Cognitive information representation model
Information in any form (e.g. in the form of sentences, words, whether spoken
or written, sequences of symbols, images, situations, events etc.) reaching the hu-
man brain undergoes an analysis its structure, which is to present or reflect this in-
formation in the human brain. At the same time, it is processed based on the
knowledge obtained earlier by the person (this is the acquired knowledge). Infor-
mation processing routines produce knowledge structures, which, when combined
with operations conducted using acquired knowledge, generate certain behaviours.
These behaviours depend on the situation analysed and the set of behaviours gen-
erated becomes the basis for storing the information in the shape of a selected
mental representation that can take diverse forms. Mental representations created
in the human brain take the forms of mental images, words representing a given
language, memory traces, judgements, patterns, concepts and ideas, mental mod-
els, notions and knowledge structures.
7.
The model based on the structure of the natural mind
- based on the similari-
ties observed between the structure of the natural mind and its corresponding arti-
ficial 'imitation'. In this model, elements of the human mind used for cognitive
tasks are related to their counterparts (artificial minds) built by cognitive infor-
matics. Perception, memory types, thought processes, data/information analysis
and interpretation processes as well as reasoning processes are compared to com-
ponents of computers, robots, or more generally any type of a machine. For a
human, the design of a cognitive model resembles the structure of a block cogni-
tive/decision-making system, whereas for a computer, the structure of its artificial
counterpart.
