Suppose that several cognitive scientists are trying to program a computer so that it solves a particular problem in the same way a human does, taking into account that a human may make a few false starts before successfully solving the problem.
This approach is called
a. the neuroscience approach.
b. behavioral modeling.
c. the Pure AI approach.
d. computer simulation.
Question 2
Suppose that you want to see whether the human brain responds differently when a person reads a pleasant word, rather than an unpleasant word.
Which of the following neuroscience techniques would provide the most useful information about processing these two kinds of words?
a. the event-related potential (ERP) technique
b. the connectionist approach
c. the brain-lesion technique
d. a positron emission tomography (PET) scan