Dynamics, Synergetics, Autonomous Agents: Nonlinear Systems Approaches To Cognitive Psychology And Cognitive Science
Will be published approx. on 18. May 1999
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-981-02-3837-7 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 164 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
671 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-02-3837-7 (9789810238377)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Theory and concepts - synergetics and some applications to psychology; defending the dynamical hypothesis; from continuous dynamics to symbols; on measures for order and its relation to complexity; synergetics of human creativity; dynamical concepts in cognitive psychology - situated cognition, ecological perception, and synergetics - a novel perspective for cognitive psychology?; attitudes and the self as self-organizing systems; an affect-centered model of the psyche and its consequences for a new understanding of nonlinear psychodynamics; formation and adaptation of schemata; simulations of stagewise development with a symbolic architecture; autonomous agents - the embodied cognitive science approach; a computational model of spatial development; societies of autonomous agents an their reorganization; investigations into internal and external aspects of dynamic agent-environment couplings; a formal theory of collective intelligence; empirical studies - the detection of catastrophe flags in personally relevant decisions; synergetic organization in speech rhythm; exploring the dynamics of personality change with time series models; hierarchical dynamics affecting work performance in organizations.