The Cognitive Revolution

In the 20th century, a series of landmarks events propelled us into a new era of cognitive revolution. In this video, we’ll take a walk through the Cognitive Revolution, which transformed the study of the mind into a rigorous scientific enterprise. 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - Behaviorism 6:04 - Timeline of the cognitive revolution 8:26 - Tolman’s rats 9:10 - Latent learning 15:00 - Mental maps 22:38 - Wrapping up 23:11 - Key concepts Sources: Miller (2003). The cognitive revolution: a historical perspective. Tolman & Honzik (1930). Introduction and removal of reward, and maze performance in rats. Tolman (1948). Cognitive maps in rats and men. Shannon (1948). A mathematical theory of communication. Turing (1950). Computing machinery and intelligen