caa a22 4500 465756387 CHVBK 20180323111848.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00221381 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00221381 Conceptual structures as damped harmonic oscillators [Elektronische Daten] [John Foldy, Joseph Woelfel] This paper serves to examine certain hypotheses about the effect of information on cognitive processing generated by the Galileo model. This model proposes that objects of cognition are points within a multidimensional continuum, the definition of any object being its structural relation to all other objects in the continuum, and any change in structure can be modeled by Newtonian mechanics. This paper tests the hypothesis that new information will induce motion described by the equation for a damped harmonic oscillator, and that regions of the continuum where information is not directed will display motion as described by DeBroglie's equation. Results tentatively support the hypotheses, and the relation of this conceptualization with compatible models of physical reality is discussed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Foldy John Department of Rhetoric and Communication, University of California at Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut Woelfel Joseph S.U.N.Y., Albany, New York, USA aut Quality and Quantity Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/1(1990-02-01), 1-16 0033-5177 24:1<1 1990 24 11135 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00221381 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00221381 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Foldy John Department of Rhetoric and Communication, University of California at Davis, 95616, Davis, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Woelfel Joseph S.U.N.Y., Albany, New York, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality and Quantity Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/1(1990-02-01), 1-16 0033-5177 24:1<1 1990 24 11135 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer