Download or read book The Architecture of Cognition written by John R. Anderson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paper, The Architecture of Cognition is a classic work that remains relevant to theory and research in cognitive science. The new version of Anderson's theory of cognitive architecture -- Adaptive Control of Thought (ACT*) -- is a theory of the basic principles of operation built into the cognitive system and is the main focus of the book.