A modern integration of cognitive and computer sciences

Abstract

Cognitive and Computer sciences have a long history of shared concepts and shared terminology. This paper explores a radical way of interdisciplinary thinking that ventures beyond loosely modeled metaphorical applications of computer systems and the use of terminology with mere face validity. Our focus is on interdisciplinary conceptual, structure and process commonalities. We provide an example of the discovery of shared concepts, knowledge structures and a common mental model using semantic memory organization in humans and object oriented programming, in particular the principle of inheritance. We discuss whether JAVA applications forget and suggest further research topics. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.