~ Information Processing ~
 Information Processing Model
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Information processing is a cognitive model that serves to demonstrate how the human mind, via the brain, acquires, stores, and retrieves information and how the mind ultimately interprets this information in the form of memories, problem-solving, decision-making, and other mental processes.
The information processing model views the mind as an information-processing system, much like a computer, that processes external stimuli through various cognitive processes. |
This model is based predominantly on four main points: how information is input or acquired, how that information is then processed and encoded, where the information is then stored in the brain, how the brain is able to retrieve it, and what exactly are the processes used for each type of information.
For example, this model asks the questions, what are the processes utilized for attention, perception, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving, and further, how do these distinct cognitive processes interact and influence the flow of information from brain to mind, as we interpret, organize, and otherwise make sense of incoming information.
For example, this model asks the questions, what are the processes utilized for attention, perception, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving, and further, how do these distinct cognitive processes interact and influence the flow of information from brain to mind, as we interpret, organize, and otherwise make sense of incoming information.