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Cognitive and Computer sciences have a long history of shared concepts and shared terminology. This paper explores a radical way of interdisciplinary thinking that ventures beyond loosely modeled metaphorical applications of computer systems and the use of terminology with mere face validity. Our focus is on interdisciplinary conceptual, structure and process commonalities. We provide an example of the discovery of shared concepts, knowledge structures and a common mental model using semantic memory organization in humans and object oriented programming, in particular the principle of inheritance. We discuss whether JAVA applications forget and suggest further research topics.
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Bahr, G.S., Bell, M.G., Metz, J., Sowle, S., Beasley, E. (2009). A Modern Integration of Cognitive and Computer Sciences. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Addressing Diversity. UAHCI 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5614. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02707-9_50
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