Screen LibraryDynamics, synergetics, autonomous agents : nonlinear systems approaches to cognitive psychology and cognitive science /
This volume focuses on the modeling of cognition, and brings together contributions from psychologists and researchers in the field of cognitive science. The shared platform of this work is to advocate a dynamical systems approach to cognition. Several aspects of this approach are considered here: c...
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World Scientific Pub. Co.,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: | 1999. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Studies of nonlinear phenomena in life science ;
vol. 8 |
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http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/4070#t=toc |
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This volume focuses on the modeling of cognition, and brings together contributions from psychologists and researchers in the field of cognitive science. The shared platform of this work is to advocate a dynamical systems approach to cognition. Several aspects of this approach are considered here: chaos theory, artificial intelligence and Alfie models, catastrophe theory and, most importantly, self-organization theory or synergetics. The application of nonlinear systems theory to cognitive science in general, and to cognitive psychology in particular, is a growing field that has gained further momentum thanks to new contributions from the science of robotics. The recent development in cognitive science towards an account of embodiment, together with the general approach of complexity theory and dynamics, will have a major impact on our psychological understanding of reasoning, thinking and behavior. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xiv,320pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789812815354 |
| CLC: | B842.1 |
| Contents: | I. Theory and concepts. Synergetics and some applications to psychology / Hermann Haken -- Defending the dynamical hypothesis / Tim van Gelder -- From continuous dynamics to symbols / Herbert Jaeger -- On measures for order and its relation to complexity / John Shiner, Matt Davison, and Peter Landsberg -- Synergetics of human creativity / Helena Knyazeva and Hermann Haken -- II. Dynamical concepts in cognitive psychology. Situated cognition, ecological perception, and synergetics: a novel perspective for cognitive psychology? / Wolfgang Tschacher and Jean-Pierre Dauwalder -- Attitudes and the self as self-organising systems / Richard Eiser -- An affect-centered model of the psyche and its consequences for a new understanding of nonlinear psychodynamics / Luc Ciompi -- Formation and adaptation of schemata / Thomas Br cker and J rgen Kriz -- Simulations of stagewise development with a symbolic architecture / Fernand Gobet -- III. Autonomous agents. The embodied cognitive science approach / Christian Scheier and Rolf Pfeifer -- A computational model of spatial development / Kazuo Hiraki, Akio Sashima, and Steven Phillips -- Societies of autonomous agents and their reorganization / Norbert Glaser and Philippe Morignot -- Investigations into internal and external aspects of dynamic agent-environment couplings / Kerstin Dautenhahn -- A formal theory for collective intelligence / William Sulis -- IV. Empirical studies. The detection of catastrophe flags in personally relevant decisions / Marc Coulson and Stephen Nunn -- Synergetic organization in speech rhythm / Fred Cummins -- Exploring the dynamics of personality change with time series models / Ferdinand Keller, Maja Storch and Susanne Bigler -- Hierarchical dynamics affecting work performance in organizations / Stephen J. Guastello. |