Believing that the enterprise of constructing "artificial intelligence" transcends the bounds of any one discipline, the editors of Mechanical Bodies, Computational Minds have brough
This book presents an argument that perception is something we do, not something that happens to us: not a process in the brain, but a skillful bodily activity. "Perception is not something that happe
Despite the transformation in biological practice and theory brought about by discoveries in molecular biology, until recently philosophy of biology continued to focus on evolutionary biology. When th
Researchers today in neuroscience and cognitive psychology increasingly turn their attention to binocular rivalry and other forms of perceptual ambiguity or bistability. The study of fluctuations in
Some neurological patients exhibit a striking tendency to confabulate -- to construct false answers to a question while genuinely believing that they are telling the truth. A stroke victim, for exampl
The study of event-related potentials (ERPs)—signal-averaged EEG recordings that are time-locked to perceptual, cognitive, and motor events—has increased dramatically in recent years, but
Each edition of this classic reference has proved to be a benchmark in the developing field of cognitive neuroscience. The third edition of The Cognitive Neurosciences continues to chart new direction
In this monograph, Bertram Malle describes behavior explanations as having a dual nature - as being both cognitive and social acts - and proposes a comprehensive theoretical model that integrates the
In this provocative book, Paul Glimcher argues that economic theory may provide analternative to the classical Cartesian model of the brain and behavior. Glimcher argues thatCartesian dualism operates
Proceedings from the ninth International Conference on Artificial Life; papers by scientists of many disciplines focusing on the principles of organization and applications of complex, life-like syste
In this remarkable monograph, Derek Melser argues that the core assumption of both folk psychology and cognitive science—that thinking goes on in the head—is mistaken. Melser argues that
For years, researchers have used the theoretical tools of engineering to understand neural systems, but much of this work has been conducted in relative isolation. In Neural Engineering, Chris Eliasmi
Professor Grue is dead (or is he?). When graduate student/sleuth Miranda Sharpediscovers him slumped over his keyboard, she does the sensible thing--she grabs her dissertation andruns. Little does she
Along with race and gender, people commonly use age to categorize -- and formstereotypes about -- others. Of the three categories, age is the only one in which the members ofthe in-group (the young) w
The folk belief that the left brain hemisphere is dominant for language and the right for visuospatial functions is incomplete and even misleading. Research shows that asymmetries exist at all levels
Cynthia Breazeal here presents her vision of the sociable robot of the future, asynthetic creature and not merely a sophisticated tool. A sociable robot will be able to understandus, to communicate an
According to Thomas Metzinger, no such things as selves exist in the world: nobodyever had or was a self. All that exists are phenomenal selves, as they appear in consciousexperience. The phenomenal s
In "Veritas," Gerald Vision defends the correspondence theory of truth--the theory that truth has a direct relationship to reality--against recent attacks, and critically examines its most influential
The search for origins of communication in a wide variety of species including humans is rapidly becoming a thoroughly interdisciplinary enterprise. In this volume, scientists engaged in the fields o
The authors of Complex Worlds from Simpler Nervous Systems explain how animals with small, often minuscule, nervous systems-jumping spiders, bees, praying mantids, toads, and others-are not the simple
This collection of essays by a group of distinguished social neuroscientists provides the reader with an engaging overview of this emerging multidisciplinary and collaborative field. In the twentieth
One philosophical approach to causation sees counterfactual dependence as the key tothe explanation of causal facts: for example, events c (the cause) and e (the effect) both occur,but had c not occur
New research on the adaptive behavior of natural and synthetic agents. The biannual International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior brings together researchers from ethology, psychol
The Turing Test is part of the vocabulary of popular culture -- it has appeared in works ranging from the Broadway play "Breaking the Code" to the comic strip "Robotman." The writings collected by Stu
This groundbreaking monograph offers a mechanistic theory of the representation and use of semantic knowledge, integrating the strengths and overcoming many of the weaknesses of hierarchical, categori
A study of the philosophical implications of evolutionary psychology, suggesting that knowledge is a set of natural kinds housed in the modules of a massively modular mind. In Reconstructing Reason
This collection of contemporary essays by prominent contemporary thinkers on the topics of determinism and free agency concentrates primarily on two areas: the compatibility problem and the metaphysic
Papers presented at the 2003 Neural Information Processing Conference by leading physicists, neuroscientists, mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists. The annual Neural Information Pr
This collection of contemporary essays by prominent contemporary thinkers on the topics of determinism and free agency concentrates primarily on two areas: the compatibility problem and the metaphysic
The complex social behaviors of ants have been much studied by science, and computer scientists are now finding that these behavior patterns can provide models for solving difficult combinatorial opt
This landmark reference work brings together for the first time in one volume the most recent research from different areas of the emerging field of multisensory integration. After many years of usin
Early Reading Instruction is a comprehensive analysis of the research evidence fromearly writing systems to computer models of reading. In this book, Diane McGuinness provides aninnovative solution to
The cognitive neuroscience of human vision draws on two kinds of evidence: functional imaging of normal subjects and the study of neurological patients with visual disorders. Martha Farah's landmark 1
In this important book, Drew Khlentzos explains the antirealist argument from a realist perspective. He defends naturalistic realism against the antirealist challenge, and he considers the consequence
In Real Natures and Familiar Objects Crawford Elder defends, with qualifications, the ontology of common sense. He argues that we exist-that no gloss is necessary for the statement "human beings exist
This book serves as both an introduction to the concept of resistance inpoststructuralist thought and an original contribution to the continuing philosophical discussion ofthis topic. How can a body o
In Organisms and Artifacts, Tim Lewens investigates the analogical use of the language of design in evolutionary biology. Uniquely among the natural sciences, biology uses descriptive and explanatory
This text provides a comprehensive introduction to current thinking on language acquisition. Following an introductory chapter that discusses the foundations of linguistic inquiry, the book covers th
Evolutionary robotics is a new technique for the automatic creation of autonomous robots. Inspired by the Darwinian principle of selective reproduction of the fittest, it views robots as autonomous a
