The development of Complex Emergent Modularity: a reply to Favela, Amon, & van Rooij (2018)

Colin A. Wastell; Zoe Purcell; Stephanie Howarth; Wendy Paterson; Bianca Slocombe

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The development of Complex Emergent Modularity: a reply to Favela, Amon, & van Rooij (2018)

Colin A. Wastell, Zoe Purcell, Stephanie Howarth, Wendy Paterson, Bianca Slocombe

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In our reply to Favela, Amon, & van Rooij (2018) we note points of agreement such as the necessity for the interaction between components in a system for it to be complex emergent and that the Dual Processes approach to human thinking has limitations. We also discuss several critical points of disagreement with the paper. We assert that Complex Emergent Modularity (CEM) does not proliferate the interaction problem but instead proposes a solution to the problem based on the contribution of the global workspace and the process of global broadcast. The nature of the entities which interact is described and emphasized as central to CEM theory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	568-571
Number of pages	4
Journal	Theory & Psychology
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354318758213
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2018

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complexity
emergence
global workspace
modularity
working memory

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