Cognitive Science is a discipline that brings together research in natural and artificial systems and this is clearly reflected in the diverse contributions to From Animals to Robots and Back.
This book challenges the standard view that creativity comes only from within an individual by arguing that creativity also exists 'outside' of the mind or more precisely, that the human mind extends through the means of action into the world.
This book analyzes the philosophical foundations of sensorimotor theory and discusses the most recent applications of sensorimotor theory to human computer interaction, child's play, virtual reality, robotics, and linguistics.
Industrial Applications of Affective Engineering introduces new analytical methods such as fluctuation, fuzzy logic, fractals, and complex systems, and pursuing interdisciplinary research that traverses a wide range of fields, including information engineering, human engineering, cognitive science, psychology, and design studies.
This book focuses on the importance of using a brain-behavior relationship framework for the successful use of neuropsychological evaluations for courtroom purposes.
The Soft Computing techniques, which are based on the information processing of biological systems are now massively used in the area of pattern recognition, making prediction & planning, as well as acting on the environment.
This book presents four bridges connecting work in virtue epistemology and work in philosophy of science (broadly construed) that may serve as catalysts for the further development of naturalized virtue epistemology.
The aim of the present work is to show the roots of the conception of perception as an active process, tracing the history of its development from Plato to modern philosophy.
This book tries to address the following questions: How should the uncertainty and incompleteness inherent to sensing the environment be represented and modelled in a way that will increase the autonomy of a robot?
The 17 original essays of this volume explore the relevance of the phenomenological approach to contemporary debates concerning the role of embodiment in our cognitive, emotional and practical life.
Zu erwartende demografische Veränderungen sprechen eine eindeutige Sprache: Wer heute nicht an sich selber arbeitet und deshalb morgen Hilfe und Pflege von anderen erwartet, wird größte Probleme bekommen.
In wesentlichen Teilen beschreibt die Psychoanalyse eine Theorie des Denkens, sei es unter der Perspektive von Primär- und Sekundärprozess, der Selbst- und Objektrepräsentanzen, der Symbolisierung oder der Ich-Funktionen.
In wesentlichen Teilen beschreibt die Psychoanalyse eine Theorie des Denkens, sei es unter der Perspektive von Primär- und Sekundärprozess, der Selbst- und Objektrepräsentanzen, der Symbolisierung oder der Ich-Funktionen.
This is the first book focusing on the animal's perspective and best practices to ensure the welfare of both therapy animals and their human counterparts in animal-assisted interventions.
As the 64th volume in the prestigious Nebraska Series on Motivation, this book focuses on impulsivity, a multi-faceted concept that encompasses such phenomena as the inability to wait, a tendency to act without forethought, insensitivity to consequences, and/or an inability to inhibit inappropriate behaviors.
Seit Anfang der 1990er-Jahre haben sich die technischen Möglichkeiten enorm verbessert, das menschliche Gehirn zu untersuchen und dessen Strukturen und Aktivitäten zu messen.
Embodied Learning in the Schools explores the relevance of embodied perspectives to instructional designers and education scholars seeking to improve the design, development, and analysis of technology-enhanced learning environments in K-12 settings.
This third edition provides translations of all chapters of the most recent fifth German edition of Motivation and Action, including several entirely new chapters.
With the development of effective antiretroviral therapies (ART) in the mid-1990s, HIV became a treatable although serious condition, and people who are adherent to HIV medications can attain normal or near-normal life expectancies.
In the last decade, a great variety and volume of scholarly work has appeared on mind-wandering, a mental process involving a vast range of human life, connected with "e;first-person perspective"e; and "e;personhood"e;, submental thinking, mental autonomy, etc.
This multidisciplinary reference explores the concepts and realities of quality of life among cancer survivors in its physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and familial dimensions.
This volume seeks to explore the idea of identity as a flexible center of events around which aspects of the self and events in the outside world are organized.
Researchers with backgrounds in theoretical linguistics, computational linguistics, psycholinguistics, and psychology have contributed to the interdisciplinary discussion of the interface between conceptual representations and linguistic structures.
This evidence-to-practice volume deftly analyzes the processes and skills of integrating mental healthcare with primary care, using multiple perspectives to address challenges that often derail these joint efforts.
This book presents a journey into how language is put together for speaking and understanding and how it can come apart when there is injury to the brain.
This book offers a unique perspective on one of the deepest questions about the world we live in: is reality multi-leveled, or can everything be reduced to some fundamental 'flat' level?
