Dynamics, Synergetics, Autonomous Agents: Nonlinear Systems Approaches to Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Science

Capa
World Scientific, 1999 - 320 páginas
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.
 

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Defending the Dynamical Hypothesis
13
From Continuous Dynamics to Symbols
29
On Measures for Order and its Relation to Complexity
49
Synergetics of Human Creativity
64
A Novel
83
Attitudes and the Self as SelfOrganising Systems
105
An AffectCentered Model of the Psyche and its Consequences for a
120
Simulations of Stagewise Development with a Symbolic Architecture
143
A Computational Model of Spatial Development
180
Societies of Autonomous Agents and their Reorganization
193
Investigations into Internal and External Aspects of Dynamic
207
A Formal Theory for Collective Intelligence
224
The Detection of Catastrophe Flags in Personally Relevant Decisions
241
Synergetic Organization in Speech Rhythm
256
Hierarchical Dynamics Affecting Work Performance in Organizations
277
List of Contributors
303

The Embodied Cognitive Science Approach
159

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