On the Relation Between Perception, Memory and Cognition in Games
Grimbergen, R. (2008)
Information Processing Society of Japan Report 2008-GI-19, pp. 17--24.
Abstract
To use Minsky's Society of Mind theory to model human cognitive behavior in games, we first need
to understand more about the interaction between perception and knowledge in memory. As a first step,
in this paper a reproduction experiment in shogi will be described that confirms or invalidates a number
of hypotheses about perception in shogi without the use of game specific knowledge. These hypotheses are:
1) It is easier to perceive one's own pieces than the pieces of the opponent,
2) It is easier to perceive pieces in hand than pieces on the board,
3) It is easier to perceive promoted pieces than pieces that are not promoted,
4) Pieces closer to oneself are easier to perceive than pieces further away, and
5) Bigger pieces are easier to perceive than smaller pieces. The reproduction experiments were only able
to confirm the hypothesis that it is easier to perceive pieces in hand than pieces on the board, but based
on the strategies of the subjects, the use of nearness and the perception of promoted pieces
was also observed.