Description

This volume extends Clancey’s successful exploration of Situated Cognition by examining how concepts may be physically represented as coordinated percepts. Cognitive scientists, both theoretical and applied, will find this book a fascinating read.

This book bridges the gap between models of human behavior that are based on cognitive task analysis and those based on neural networks. The author argues that these approaches are incomplete and not properly related to each other. His synthesis reconciles the very different conceptualizations of human memory assumed by these two approaches by assuming that ‘what the brain remembers’ is not a collection of symbols or neurons or even networks of either of these, but rather how to coordinate behavior in time, relating different modalities of conception and movement. A second premise is that behavior sequences are categorized, with perceptual categorizations (sounds, images) comprising the first order of categorization and conceptual categorizations of perceptions and actions in time comprising the second order. The conceptual categorizations are themselves sequenced and categorized, corresponding to the familiar classification hierarchies in cognitive models. Inspired by Bartlett’s work, the author seeks to develop a theory of « process memory »–memory for experience in time. Following the methodology of situated cognition, he finds clues in the particulars of human activity, such as typing errors, how a computer interface is used, how a child learns to play in a swimming pool, odd limitations in language comprehension, and so on. Throughout, he examines existing (and often famous) cognitive and neural models with respect to these phenomena. In each case, he attempts to show that the experienced behavior can be understood as sequences of categories being reactivated, substituted, and composed. Ultimately, this analysis is shown to be the link that may lead to improvement of both symbolic and neurally based models of memory and behavior, with concomitant implications for cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science as a whole.

Langue

en

Version

Couverture rigide

Date de sortie initiale

01 août 1999

Nombre de pages

424

Illustrations

Non

Personnes impliquées

Auteur principal

William J. Clancey

Editeur principal

Psychology Press

Informations sur le fabricant

Nom du fabricant

Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH

Adresse du fabricant

– 80331 – – DE

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[email protected]

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229 mm

Largeur d’emballage

152 mm

Largeur du produit

152 mm

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Non

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229 mm

Longueur du produit

229 mm

Poids de l’emballage

861 g

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Non

Porno

Non

EAN

EAN

9780805831436

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Psychologie populaire

Psychologie cognitive

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