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This book argues that thinking is bounded by neither the brain nor the skin of an organism. Cognitive systems function through integration of neural and bodily functions with the functions of representational vehicles. The integrationist... more
The simple response would include that an ‘authentic education’ is designed to guide students to unfold their authentic selves, which would at least include: (a) investigating the curriculum that was designed for them, (b) learning how to... more
Purpose—The paper uses part of the distributed cognition literature to study how employees cope with organizational plasticity, in an attempt to identify the characteristics of cognitive plasticity. Design/methodology/approach—Evidence... more
The use of physical models of molecular structures as research tools has been central to the development of biochemistry and molecular biology. Intriguingly, it has received little attention from scholars of science. In this paper, I... more
Load balancing functionalities are crucial for best Grid performance and utilization. Accordingly,this paper presents a new meta-scheduling method called TunSys. It is inspired from the natural phenomenon of heat propagation and thermal... more
Extreme rituals entail excessive costs without apparent benefits, which raises an evolutionary cost problem (Irons, 2001). It is argued that such intense rituals enhance social cohesion and promote cooperative behaviors (Atran & Henrich,... more
In this article I bring artistic production into the learning sciences conversation by using the production of representations as a bridging concept between art making and the new literacies. Through case studies with 4 youth media arts... more
В статье рассматривается новый подход к языку, обозначаются его пер-спективы. Установлено, что язык необходимо изучать как часть живой систе-мы, которая неотделима от человека и его сознания. In this paper, I argue that, rather as views... more
This little·book attempts an ambitious task: to give a bird's eye view of cognitive sciences today. Thus, this essay is like a compact, reasoned tour of an as yet ill-defined multidisciplinary field. Alongside human history of nature... more
When children interact with museum exhibits, their speech and gesture often expresses representational and relational content.
Manipulable interactive exhibits afford greater cognitive complexity than static exhibits.
Fear can sometimes be predicated upon environmental influences. An individual must know why they feel the way they feel, in order to psychologically return to normal.
Hur påverkas vi av massmedia? Hur påverkas du, jag och våra medmänniskor av den information som sprids via massmedia – tidningar, tv, radio, film, annonser på bussar och i tunnelbana, cd-skivor och dvd, internet, etc, etc. – till snart... more
Reintroducing the Cyborg Concept to Explain Internet-Related Safety Issues Tommaso Bertolotti (bertolotti@unipv.it) Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section University of Pavia, ITALY Lorenzo Magnani (lmagnani@unipv.it) Department of... more
Analyzing Distributed Cognition in Software Teams: A Case Study of Team Programming During Perfective Software Maintenance Nick V. Flor Edwin L. Hutchins Distributed Cognition Lab Department of Cognitive Science University of California,... more
This book is addressed to all those in the field of education or related fields, including teachers, teacher-trainers, consultants, and researchers, who are interested in exploring the question, What does it mean to know, to learn and to... more
It was long assumed that thinking goes on ‘in the head’: indeed, as recently as twenty years ago, many would have regarded it as absurd to examine thinking with reference to events beyond the brain. The chapters in Cognition beyond the... more
While computers can be used to model human competencies, formalization has its limits. Sensori-motor dynamics are probably necessary to intelligence. Applied to language, verbal patterns become constraints or, in Elman’s (2004) terms,... more
‘The Çatalhöyük evidence as a whole’, write Hodder and Pels, ‘gives many indications that, indeed, people began to link themselves to specific pasts, by burying pots, tools, humans and hunting trophies in ways that indicate particular... more
A mirror acts as a “mind tool” that enables human subjects to stretch beyond our brain and body boundaries.
Collaborating with others takes intriguing and complex forms. We collaborate with others in a wide variety of activities: from team sports to shared labour, from committee work to mass demonstrations, from dancing to reminiscing together... more
"Ce livre s'adresse à tous ceux qui oeuvrent dans le domaine de l'éducation ou des domaines connexes, étudiants, enseignants, formateurs d'enseignants, consultants et chercheurs, ainsi que toute personne intéressée par la question: Que... more
Personal AI assistants are now nearly ubiquitous. Every leading smartphone operating system comes with a personal AI assistant that promises to help you with basic cognitive tasks: searching, planning, messaging, scheduling and so on.... more
In Reading in the Brain, Stanislas Dehaene presents a compelling account of how the brain learns to read. Central to this account is his neuronal recycling hypothesis: neural circuitry is capable of being ‘recycled’ or converted to a... more
When children encounter objects, design constrains and affords action and cognition. An observational study in the wild revealed how manipulable objects afforded complexity of cognitive outcomes. Evidence comes from video analysis of... more
Where does the mind stop and the rest of the world begin? In their famous 1998 paper “The Extended Mind,” philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers posed this question and answered it provocatively: cognitive processes are not all in the... more
The goal of the study effort described by this report is to support and inform program development for the DARPA program entitled “Collaborative Operations in Denied Environments” (CODE). This report comprises a generalized reference... more
This study uses a quasi-experimental design to investigate what happens to individual socially responsible attitudes when they are exposed to group dynamics. Findings show that group engagement increases individual attitudes toward social... more
Ayahuasca is a psychoactive substance from the Amazon rainforest regions of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil. Although its use originated among indigenous tribes in the Amazon basin, it has become increasingly popularized in Western... more
Linguists tend to view language in terms of forms and their use. For historical reasons, speaking and listening have often often ascribed to knowledge of a language system. Language behavior is thus seen as the production and processing... more
This paper examines Coleridge's epistemology and ontology through the lens of autopoietic enaction. I argue that his theory of knowledge stands as an important alternative to Cartesian accounts of the mind, and that theories outlined in... more
This chapter aims to reveal, from a cognitive perspective, what docu- mentary editing is and how it works as a creative action in filmmaking. It proposes that the editing of documentary film is a cognitive process of perceiving or... more