%0 Journal Article %T FUNCIONAMIENTO COGNITIVO: UN INEXTRICABLE JUEGO DE P¨¦RDIDAS Y GANANCIAS %A OSSA %A JULIO C¨¦SAR %J Acta Colombiana de Psicolog¨ªa %D 2011 %I Universidad Cat¨®lica de Colombia %X the purpose of this paper is to refer to the lotka-volterra model (predator-prey) in order to address cognitive functioning and particularly classification as a mental operation. logistic regression is used and a model is determined for explaining classification functioning in children four years old. results show evidence pointing to an on linear function of classification. the children¡¯s performance suggests a balance between the number of questions that the child makes and the mental operations that he must display to coordinate such information. %K predator-prey model %K logistic regression %K cognitive function. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0123-91552011000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en