I'm not averse to learning from other fields, provided that those who build bridges make the effort to understand what formal theory already exists in psychology so that their efforts can integrate with existing work. In my experience, this rarely happens. Thus, I'm skeptical >
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The reason I say no real engagement is because it's false to claim we don't already do exactly what is being proposed as a novel thing. We — modellers in cog, neuro, psych — influence and are influenced by other fields constantly.
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Agreed. Perhaps these quarrels and misinterpretations would lessen if we would realise that psychology as a field is very varied, uses different methods and has different purposes, that one specific area cannot represent and less so set the canons for all others.
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We certainly would gain by reading more about what others are doing or have already done and stop reinventing the wheel. This doesn’t not only apply to different areas. In this context, theory and modelling is are keystone.
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TBF many modellers also reinvent the wheel. So this advice is a universal maxim.

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Precisely!
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