Cognition In Action
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Cognition In Action
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Author : Mary M. Smyth
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1994
Cognition In Action written by Mary M. Smyth and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Psychology categories.
Designed for undergraduate courses in cognitive psychology, this textbook approaches cognitive psychology by asking what it says about how people carry out everyday activities.
Cognition In Action
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Author : Alan F. Collins
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1994-08-05
Cognition In Action written by Alan F. Collins and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-08-05 with Psychology categories.
This revised textbook is designed for undergraduate courses in cognitive psychology. It approaches cognitive psychology by asking what it says about how people carry out everyday activities: how people organize and use their knowledge in order to behave appropriately in the world in which they live.; Each chapter of the book starts with an example and then uses this to introduce some aspect of the overall cognitive system. Through such examples of cognition in action, important components of the cognitive system are identified, and their interrelationships highlighted. Thus the text demonstrates that each part of the cognitive system can only be understood properly in its place in the functioning of the whole.; This edition features increased coverage of neuropsychological and connectionist approaches to cognition.
Cognition And Action In Skilled Behaviour
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Author : A.M. Colley
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 1988-09-01
Cognition And Action In Skilled Behaviour written by A.M. Colley and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-09-01 with Science categories.
This book contains a number of chapters on the control and execution of skilled movements, as well as more general chapters on theoretical issues in skilled performance. The contributors have summarised their most recent research, and general themes and issues are presented in discussion chapters at the end of each section, thus providing a good general summary of the kind of research and theoretical frameworks developing in this area.The first section is concerned with the theoretical issues of programming and co-ordination. Issues raised in the second section are basic to much of the research reviewed in the volume. This section summarises the various theoretical positions in the recent debates on the role of cognitive processes in motor control and the usefulness of the ``psychomotor'' approach, and contains chapters based on individual papers which present relevant empirical findings. The third section deals with the learning and performance of skilled movements, containing papers with practical implications for everyday skills. The final section contains chapters on cognitive processes in skilled performance.
A Dynamic Systems Approach To The Development Of Cognition And Action
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Author : Esther Thelen
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1994
A Dynamic Systems Approach To The Development Of Cognition And Action written by Esther Thelen and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Psychology categories.
A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Development of Cognition and Action presents a comprehensive and detailed theory of early human development based on the principles of dynamic systems theory. Beginning with their own research in motor, perceptual, and cognitive development, Thelen and Smith raise fundamental questions about prevailing assumptions in the field. They propose a new theory of the development of cognition and action, unifying recent advances in dynamic systems theory with current research in neuroscience and neural development. In particular, they show how by processes of exploration and selection, multimodal experiences form the bases for self-organizing perception-action categories. Thelen and Smith offer a radical alternative to current cognitive theory, both in their emphasis on dynamic representation and in their focus on processes of change. Among the first attempt to apply complexity theory to psychology, they suggest reinterpretations of several classic issues in early cognitive development. The book is divided into three sections. The first discusses the nature of developmental processes in general terms, the second covers dynamic principles in process and mechanism, and the third looks at how a dynamic theory can be applied to enduring puzzles of development. Cognitive Psychology series
Action Control
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Author : Julius Kuhl
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Action Control written by Julius Kuhl and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Psychology categories.
"It is not thought as such that can move anything, but thought which is for the sake of something and is practical." This discerning insight, which dates back more than 2000years to Aristotle, seems to have been ignored by most psycholo gists. For more than 40years theories of human action have assumed that cogni tion and action are merely two sides of the same coin. Approaches as different as S-O-R behaviorism,social learning theory, consistency theories,and expectancy value theories of motivation and decision making have one thing in common: they all assume that "thought (or any other type of cognition) can move any thing," that there is a direct path from cognition to behavior. In recent years, we have become more and more aware of the complexities in volved in the relationship between cognition and behavior. People do not always do what they intend to do. Aside from several nonpsychological factors capable of reducing cognition-behavior consistency, there seems to be a set of complex psychological mechanisms which intervene between action-related cognitions, such as beliefs, expectancies, values, and intentions,and the enactment of the be havior suggested by those cognitions. In our recent research we have focused on volitional mechanismus which presumably enhance cognition-behavior consistency by supporting the main tenance of activated intentions and prevent them from being pushed aside by competing action tendencies.
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language : en
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Release Date : 2017
Cognition In Action 77 500639 77 5911 01s written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.
Cognitive And Social Action
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Author : Italian National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: Garland Science
Release Date : 1995-06-29
Cognitive And Social Action written by Italian National Research Council and has been published by Garland Science this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-06-29 with Psychology categories.
This monograph addresses the worlds of social science theory and artificial intelligence AI. The book examines the interaction of individual cognitive factors and social influence on human action and discusses the implications for developments in artificial intelligence.; This book is intended for graduate and research level artificial intelligence and social science theory including sociology, economics, psychology.
Mind And Motion The Bidirectional Link Between Thought And Action
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Author : Markus Raab
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2009-05-27
Mind And Motion The Bidirectional Link Between Thought And Action written by Markus Raab and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-27 with Psychology categories.
This volume investigates the implications of how our brain directs our movements on decision making. An extensive body of knowledge in chapters from international experts is presented as well as integrative group reports discussing new directions for future research.The understanding of how people make decisions is of central interest to experts working in fields such as psychology, economics, movement science, cognitive neuroscience, neuroinformatics, robotics, and sport science. For the first time the current volume provides a multidisciplinary overview of how action and cognition are integrated in the planning of and decisions about action. - Offers intense, focused, and genuine interdisciplinary perspective - Conveys state-of-the-art and outlines future research directions on the hot topic of mind and motion (or embodied cognition) - Includes contributions from psychologists, neuroscientists, movement scientists, economists, and others
Action Related Representations
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Author : Tim Seuchter
language : en
Publisher: d/u/p, Düsseldorf University Press
Release Date : 2020
Action Related Representations written by Tim Seuchter and has been published by d/u/p, Düsseldorf University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Theories of grounded cognition state that there is a meaningful connection between action and cognition. Although these claims are widely accepted, the nature and structure of this connection is far from clear and is still a matter of controversy. This book argues for a type of cognitive representation that essentially combines cognition and action, and which is foundational for higher-order cognitive capacities. Action-related representation is a mode of representing features of the environment in terms of possible actions. Central to this concept is that even the most basic actions, such as grasping or reaching, are outcomes of representing features of the environment in relation to features and skills of the acting subject. The author discusses the hierarchical development from egocentric, context-specific action-related representations to abstract representations of general actions. Findings from Philosophy, Neuroscience and Ecological Psychology are analysed, and a novel approach to the understanding of Gibson's Theory of Affordance Perception, a key element of the concept of action-related representation, is introduced.
The Psychology Of Action
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Author : Peter M. Gollwitzer
language : en
Publisher: Guilford Press
Release Date : 1996-01-01
The Psychology Of Action written by Peter M. Gollwitzer and has been published by Guilford Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Psychology categories.
Moving beyond the traditional, and unproductive, rivalry between the fields of motivation and cognition, this book integrates the two domains to shed new light on the control of goal-directed action. Renowned social and motivational psychologists present concise formulations of the latest research programs which are effectively mapping the territory, providing new findings, and suggesting innovative strategies for future research. Ideally structured for classroom use, this book will effectively familiarize readers with important theories in the psychology of action.