The model-based mind

“The mind” can be defined as a range of functions created from sensory experience that are paired with our representation systems reflected through our behavior. These representation systems (visual, auditory and kinesthetic modalities) are foundations for how effective choices and belief systems are generated through sensory derived processes; how decisionmaking and learning strategies are constructed; how memory is accessed, stored, retrieved or recalled, and how behavior and knowledge is actualized at both the conscious and unconscious levels. It is these same representational systems that provide us with the capability to model and replicate cognitive processing of the human mind. This paper provides an explanation for modeling the inner workings of the ‘cognitive blackbox,’ better known as ‘the mind.’