?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Information+Processing+Models%3A+Benefits+and+Limitations&rft.creator=Wallace%2C+Dr+Brendan&rft.creator=Ross%2C+Dr+Alastair&rft.creator=Davies%2C+Professor+John&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=This+paper+looks+at+the+three+main+information+processing+models+from+the+point+of+view%0Aof+researchers+in+confidential+human+factors+databases.+It+explores+conceptual+problems%0Awith+two+of+these+information+processing+models%2C+and+goes+on+to+explore+possible%0Aadvantages+of+adopting+a+%E2%80%98connectionist%E2%80%99+paradigm.+Links+between+connectionism+and%0A%E2%80%98situated+cognition%E2%80%99+are+demonstrated.+Practical+work+carried+out+using+a%0Aconnectionist%2Fsituated+cognition+model+is+described%2C+and+the+way+in+which+the%0A%E2%80%98situatedness%E2%80%99+of+discourse+can+influence+the+kind+of+data+that+can+be+collected+is%0Adiscussed.+Finally+it+is+argued+that+more+emphasis+should+be+placed+in+ergonomics+on%0Asociation%2C+situatedness+and+embodiment%2C+and+that+this+might+help+to+deal+with+problems%0Afaced+in+creation+and+interrogating+databases%3A+especially+as+regards+the+creation+of%0Acoherent+and+reliable+%E2%80%98coding+taxonomies%E2%80%99.&rft.publisher=Taylor+and+Francis&rft.contributor=McCabe%2C+Paul&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3093%2F1%2FInfProErg.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wallace%2C+Dr+Brendan+and+Ross%2C+Dr+Alastair+and+Davies%2C+Professor+John++(2003)+Information+Processing+Models%3A+Benefits+and+Limitations.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3093%2F