Editors' Introduction: Computational Approaches to Social Cognition

Fiery Cushman; Samuel Gershman

doi:10.1111/tops.12424

Editors' Introduction: Computational Approaches to Social Cognition

Top Cogn Sci. 2019 Apr;11(2):281-298. doi: 10.1111/tops.12424.

Authors

Fiery Cushman¹, Samuel Gershman¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology, Harvard University.

PMID: 31025547
DOI: 10.1111/tops.12424

Abstract

What place should formal or computational methods occupy in social psychology? We consider this question in historical perspective, survey the current state of the field, introduce the several new contributions to this special issue, and reflect on the future.

Keywords: Computational cognitive science; Computational social science; Social cognition.

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Cognition*
Humans
Interpersonal Relations*
Models, Theoretical*
Psychology, Social*
Social Behavior*
Social Perception*