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Modularity of mind

Known as: Mental module, Modular mind, Modularity of the mind 
Modularity of mind is the notion that a mind may, at least in part, be composed of innate neural structures or modules which have distinct… 
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CognitionCognitive architectureCognitive science
Cognitive moduleComputational theory of mindConsciousnessDehaene–Changeux model

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2014
2014
Linear Software Models: Standard Modularity Highlights Residual Coupling
Modularity — the decoupling of software units — is essential for composition of real software systems from ready-made components… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Valuing Modularity as a Real Option
We provide a general valuation approach for capital budgeting decisions involving the modularization in the design of a system… 
2008
2008
Modularity in the mediation of market and technology change
This paper examines the roles of product and process architectures in mediating market and technological change in a product… 
2008
2008
On Fodor‐Fixation, Flexibility, and Human Uniqueness: A Reply to Cowie, Machery, and Wilson
Abstract:  This paper argues that two of my critics (Cowie and Wilson) have become fixated on Fodor’s notion of modularity, both… 
2007
2007
Modularity, reuse, and hierarchy: Measuring complexity by measuring structure and organization
To develop better complexity measures, a reasonable approach is to base them on those principles of design that designers use… 
2007
2007
Massive Modularity and Brain Evolution
Quartz (2002) argues that some recent findings about the evolution of the brain (Finlay and Darlington 1995) are inconsistent… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Managing in the Modular Age
This book brings together seminal articles by leading scholars of technological and organizational systems, exploring the impact… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Modularity in the motor system: decomposition of muscle patterns as combinations of time-varying synergies
The question of whether the nervous system produces movement through the combination of a few discrete elements has long been… 
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1994
Highly Cited
1994
Loss of semantic memory: implications for the modularity of mind
Abstract We report a patient, PP, with semantic dementia who was studied longitudinally over two years. During this period she… 
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1991
Highly Cited
1991
Phonological processes in literacy : a tribute to Isabelle Y. Liberman
Contents: Preface. Part I: Introduction. J. Morais, Constraints on the Development of Phonemic Awareness. B.A. Blachman… 
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