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Conceptual Coordination - How the Mind Orders Experience in Time (Hardcover)
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Conceptual Coordination - How the Mind Orders Experience in Time (Hardcover)
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This book bridges the gap between models of human behavior that are
based on cognitive task analysis and those based on neural
networks. The author argues that these approaches are incomplete
and not properly related to each other. His synthesis reconciles
the very different conceptualizations of human memory assumed by
these two approaches by assuming that 'what the brain remembers' is
not a collection of symbols or neurons or even networks of either
of these, but rather how to coordinate behavior in time, relating
different modalities of conception and movement. A second premise
is that behavior sequences are categorized, with perceptual
categorizations (sounds, images) comprising the first order of
categorization and conceptual categorizations of perceptions and
actions in time comprising the second order. The conceptual
categorizations are themselves sequenced and categorized,
corresponding to the familiar classification hierarchies in
cognitive models.
Inspired by Bartlett's work, the author seeks to develop a theory
of "process memory"--memory for experience in time. Following the
methodology of situated cognition, he finds clues in the
particulars of human activity, such as typing errors, how a
computer interface is used, how a child learns to play in a
swimming pool, odd limitations in language comprehension, and so
on. Throughout, he examines existing (and often famous) cognitive
and neural models with respect to these phenomena. In each case, he
attempts to show that the experienced behavior can be understood as
sequences of categories being reactivated, substituted, and
composed. Ultimately, this analysis is shown to be the link that
may lead to improvement of both symbolic and neurally based models
of memory and behavior, with concomitant implications for cognitive
psychology, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science as a
whole.
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