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Computer Models of Cognitive Processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Bert F. Green Jr.
Bert F. Green Jr.*
Affiliation:
Lincoln Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Twenty-five years ago, when the Psychometric Society was formed, the new developments that were then shaping the course of psychometric research were subjective scaling and factor analysis. Today, a development that seems destined to influence psychometric research in the next twenty-five years is the simulation of cognitive processes on high-speed digital computers. So far, of course, there has been more talk about the potential utility of computers in psychology than there has been accomplishment; nevertheless, what achievements have been made seem to me to imply a bright future.

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Original Paper
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Psychometrika , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , March 1961 , pp. 85 - 91
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Copyright © 1961 The Psychometric Society

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Operated with support from the United States Army, Navy, and Air Force.

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