Editing Cognitive model (section)

{{Short description|Model of cognition's operation}}
{{About|models of cognition's operation|a model of external reality as modeled in the mind|mental model}}
A '''cognitive model''' is a representation of one or more [[cognition|cognitive processes]] in humans or other animals for the purposes of comprehension and prediction. There are many types of cognitive [[model]]s, and they can range from box-and-arrow diagrams to a set of equations to software programs that interact with the same tools that humans use to complete tasks (e.g., computer mouse and keyboard).<ref> Sun, R. (ed.), (2008). The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.</ref>{{pn|date=May 2021}} In terms of [[Information processing (psychology)|information processing]], '''cognitive modeling''' is modeling of human perception, reasoning, memory and action.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISO/IEC 2382-28:1995 |url=https://www.iso.org/standard/7272.html |website=ISO |access-date=13 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ISO/IEC 2382:2015 |url=https://www.iso.org/standard/63598.html |website=ISO |access-date=13 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>