5 papers
Zenons Demon and the Denial of Domain-Generality for Transformer-Based Computational Models of Human Behavior
Mark Orr, Edward A. Cranford, Ken Ford +6
Transformer-based models of human behavior (e.g., the Centaur model by Binz, et al., 2025) posit to be domain general computational models of human behavior. The claim of domain-ge…
Not Even Wrong: On the Limits of Prediction as Explanation in Cognitive Science
Mark Orr, Drew Cranford, Ken Ford +6
We offer a comment on the Centaur (Binz et al., 2025) transformer-based model of human behavior. In particular, Centaur was cast as a path towards unified theories of cognition. We…
On Optimality and Human Prediction of Event Duration in Real-Time, Real-World Contexts
Mark G Orr
The focus of the current work concerned the psychological processes that underlie prediction of an events duration. The objective was to push forward existing psychological theory…
Theoretical Note: On the Practical Uses of Mathematical Theory for Attitude Research
Mark G. Orr, Emily S. Teti, Andrei Bura +1
In attitude theory, formal theoretical predictions come largely from the simulation of computational models. We argue that to push attitude theory further, we should employ mathema…
Masking Behaviors in Epidemiological Networks with Cognitively-plausible Reinforcement Learning
Konstantinos Mitsopoulos, Lawrence Baker, Christian Lebiere +3
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical role of human behavior in influencing infectious disease transmission and the need for models capturing this complex dynamic. We pres…