How the mind comes into being: introducing cognitive science from a functional and computational perspective
Provides an interdisciplinary perspective, helping the reader to develop an understanding of how the mind works that goes beyond disciplinary boundaries Adopts a computational approach, helping the reader to understand the mind on a functional level, in contrast to purely conceptual, verbalized levels Includes exercises and examples, helping the reader to consolidate the covered material and encouraging them to think 'outside of the box'
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- Full title :How the mind comes into being : introducing cognitive science from a functional and computational perspective / Martin V. Butz and Esther F. Kutter.
Summary
Provides an interdisciplinary perspective, helping the reader to develop an understanding of how the mind works that goes beyond disciplinary boundaries Adopts a computational approach, helping the reader to understand the mind on a functional level, in contrast to purely conceptual, verbalized levels Includes exercises and examples, helping the reader to consolidate the covered material and encouraging them to think 'outside of the box'
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- Publication Date:©2017
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford, United Kingdom
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2017
The Physical Object
- Description:xix, 381 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 27 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780198739692, 0198739699
- oclc:ocn971592999
- LC Classification:BF311
- Dewey Decimal:612.8/23342
Table of Contents
Embodied cognitive science -- Cognitive science is interdisciplinary -- Cognition is embodied -- Cognitive development and evoltion -- Behavior is reward-oriented -- Behavioral flexibiliy and anticipatory behavior -- Brain basics from a computational perspecive -- Primary visual perception from the bottom up -- Top-down predictions determine perceptions -- Multisensory interactions -- Attention -- Decision making, control, and concept formation -- Language, concepts, and abstracts thought -- Retrospection and future perspectives.
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