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Experimental Methods in Embodied Cognition presents a timely
introduction to methodologies of cognitive science from a
theoretical perspective. Embodied approaches to cognition are
becoming increasingly prevalent in teaching and research globally,
but until now a comprehensive book combining theoretical principles
and practical methods for embodied cognition has been missing.
Embracing this theoretical principle, the book introduces and
compares different psychological methods from theoretical,
technical, and methodological points of view. Informed by the
direct experiences of a specialised group of authors, the text also
offers a taxonomy of methods, including technical hands-on
descriptions to support student learning. Each chapter includes
suggestions for their use, enabling readers to compare
methodologies and to find the most suitable approach for their
specific research questions. Finally, the book also addresses the
effects of different cultural immersions and learning experiences,
offering an overview of other, non-psychological approaches to
embodied cognition research, including comparative research with
animals and humanoid robots. This is an essential read for students
and researchers of embodied cognition across various fields,
ranging from psychology and cognitive neuroscience to philosophy,
linguistics, economics, and sport science.
Experimental Methods in Embodied Cognition presents a timely
introduction to methodologies of cognitive science from a
theoretical perspective. Embodied approaches to cognition are
becoming increasingly prevalent in teaching and research globally,
but until now a comprehensive book combining theoretical principles
and practical methods for embodied cognition has been missing.
Embracing this theoretical principle, the book introduces and
compares different psychological methods from theoretical,
technical, and methodological points of view. Informed by the
direct experiences of a specialised group of authors, the text also
offers a taxonomy of methods, including technical hands-on
descriptions to support student learning. Each chapter includes
suggestions for their use, enabling readers to compare
methodologies and to find the most suitable approach for their
specific research questions. Finally, the book also addresses the
effects of different cultural immersions and learning experiences,
offering an overview of other, non-psychological approaches to
embodied cognition research, including comparative research with
animals and humanoid robots. This is an essential read for students
and researchers of embodied cognition across various fields,
ranging from psychology and cognitive neuroscience to philosophy,
linguistics, economics, and sport science.
Within psychology, emotion is often treated as something private
and personal. In contrast, this book tries to understand emotion
from the 'outside, ' by examining the everyday social settings in
which it operates. Three levels of social influence are considered
in decreasing order of inclusiveness, starting with the surrounding
culture and subculture, moving on to the more delimited
organization or group, and finally focusing on the interpersonal
setting. At all these levels, emotion is influenced by social
factors and has an impact on the way social life proceeds. For
example, there are no direct equivalents in many cultures for some
of the particular forms of emotion experienced in Western
societies, suggesting that not all aspects of emotion are universal
or biologically determined. Further, our various social
identifications and allegiances partly determine what is
emotionally relevant in a situation and how we respond to ingroup
and outgroup members' emotions. Finally, emotions are usually
occasioned by things that other people say, do, or have done to
them, and often change the way interaction with those others
proceeds. The book provides a critical review of existing theory
and research on these topics from a social psychological
perspective, and develops its own distinctive approach by
recontextualizing emotion in an integrated cultural, organizational
and relational world.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book explores the
emerging topics and rapid technological developments of robotics
and artificial intelligence through the lens of the evolving role
of sex robots, and how they should best be designed to serve human
needs. An international panel of authors provides the most
up-to-date, evidence-based empirical research on the potential
sexual applications of artificial intelligence. Early chapters
discuss the objections to sexual activity with robots while also
providing a counterargument to each objection. Subsequent chapters
present the implications of robot sex as well as the security and
data privacy issues associated with sexual interactions with
artificial intelligence. The book concludes with a chapter
highlighting the importance of a scientific, multidisciplinary
approach to the study of human - robot sexuality. Topics featured
in this book include: The Sexual Interaction Illusion Model. The
personal companion system, Harmony, designed by Realbotix (TM). An
exposition of the challenges of personal data control and
protection when dealing with artificial intelligence. The current
and future technological possibilities of projecting
three-dimensional holograms. Expert discussion notes from an
international workshop on the topic. AI Love You will be of
interest to academic researchers in psychology, robotics, ethics,
medical science, sociology, gender studies as well as clinicians,
policy makers, and the business sector.
States without former colonies, it has been argued, were intensely
involved in colonial practices. This anthology looks at
Switzerland, which, by its very strong economic involvements with
colonialism, its doctrine of neutrality, and its transnationally
entangled scientific community, constitutes a perfect case in
point.
States without former colonies, it has been argued, were intensely
involved in colonial practices. This anthology looks at
Switzerland, which, by its very strong economic involvements with
colonialism, its doctrine of neutrality, and its transnationally
entangled scientific community, constitutes a perfect case in
point.
This volume contains reviews which are based on a symposium, given
th at the 30 meeting of The Phytochemical Society of North America,
held at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada on August 11-15,
1990. During the past two decades, there have been major new
developments in methods which can be applied toward the isolation,
separation and structure determination of complex natural products.
Therefore, the topic of this symposium, "Modem Phytochemical
Methods," is a very timely one. The organizers of the symposium
recognized that it would not be possible to cover in detail all new
advances in phytochemical methodology. It was therefore decided to
emphasize general reviews on recent developments of major
separation techniques such as high performance liquid
chromatography as well as supercritical fluid chromato graphy. In
addition, advances in commonly used structure determination
methods, mainly NMR and MS, are reviewed. Other topics include
methodo logies of micro-sampling for isolation and analysis of
trichome constituents as well as recent breakthroughs on
biosynthetic studies of monoterpenes using "enriched" basal cells
of trichomes. The volume concludes with a review of quantitative
structure-activity relationship (QSAR) studies of biologically
active natural products. In Chapter I, K. Hostettmann and his
colleagues give a general review of recent developments in the
separation of natural products with major emphasis on preparative
separations of biologically active plant constituents. The authors
present a comparison of droplet countercurrent chromatography
(OCCC) with the highly rapid and more versatile centrifugal
partition chromatography (CPC)."
HERBERT FISCHER Max-Planck-Institut fur Immunbiologie,
Freiburg-Zahringen With 3 Figures Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf
of the organizers of the 22nd Mosbach Colloquium, Msrs.
HOLZL-WALLACH, STOFFEL, WIEGANDT and myself, I bid you all a hearty
welcome. We thank you all for coming and naturally feel particular
appreciation for the presence of the invited speakers. But, thanks
to the tradition that the Mosbach Colloquia have enjoyed for 22
years we did not need to work very hard, since most of our
invitations were accepted without hesitation. Perhaps some of you
will wonder why Mosbach and its tradi tion means so much,
especially to the older ones amongst us. In any event, at a time
when we were much hungrier and thirstier than we are today, Mosbach
became a unique place where we could satisfy our spiritual as well
as our physical hunger. It was here where we could find the
friendly and peaceful atmosphere which helped us to establish
contacts with colleagues from foreign coun tries and from distant
scientific fields, which often led to lasting communication and
cooperation. The initiator of these Colloquia, my teacher Kurt
Felix, im parted to these gatherings a pioneer spirit which is more
needed today than in the past, particularly because we are now 500
rather than 50 to 100 participants. Indeed, we as organizers, have
had to ask ourselves whether it is still possible to have an
exciting lecture series combined with the leisure and opportunity
for spontaneous questioning and stimulating individual discussion.
Thirty-two years after the publication of the legendary 'Rasch
book' (Rasch, 1960), the rich literature on the Rasch model and its
extensions was scattered in journals and many less accessible
sources, including 'grey' literature. When asked by students or
junior researchers for references to the Rasch model, it was a
typical reaction on the part of the editors to state that it was
difficult to name one, or just a few; actually, only a whole list
of references differing in notation and level of formal abstraction
seemed to meet the request in most cases. Therefore, in 1992 the
editors decided to invite a number of outstanding authors in the
field of Rasch modeling to contribute to a book presenting the
current state of knowledge about Rasch models. The aim was not just
to collect a number of papers on the subject, rather to produce a
well-organized monograph. To this end, a workshop was held in
Vienna from 25 to 27 February 1993 in which, after a process of
mutual reviewing, drafts of all chapters were read and discussed by
all authors, leading to a more systematic organization of the
topics treated in unified notation and terminology. (The workshop
was sponsored by the University of Vienna; here, the editors would
like to express their thanks, in the name of all contributors, both
for the financial support and for the hospitality granted.
Thirty-two years after the publication of the legendary 'Rasch
book' (Rasch, 1960), the rich literature on the Rasch model and its
extensions was scattered in journals and many less accessible
sources, including 'grey' literature. When asked by students or
junior researchers for references to the Rasch model, it was a
typical reaction on the part of the editors to state that it was
difficult to name one, or just a few; actually, only a whole list
of references differing in notation and level of formal abstraction
seemed to meet the request in most cases. Therefore, in 1992 the
editors decided to invite a number of outstanding authors in the
field of Rasch modeling to contribute to a book presenting the
current state of knowledge about Rasch models. The aim was not just
to collect a number of papers on the subject, rather to produce a
well-organized monograph. To this end, a workshop was held in
Vienna from 25 to 27 February 1993 in which, after a process of
mutual reviewing, drafts of all chapters were read and discussed by
all authors, leading to a more systematic organization of the
topics treated in unified notation and terminology. (The workshop
was sponsored by the University of Vienna; here, the editors would
like to express their thanks, in the name of all contributors, both
for the financial support and for the hospitality granted.
Contributions to Mathematical Psychology, Psycho metrics and
Methodology presents the most esteemed research findings of the
22nd European Mathematical Psychology Group meeting in Vienna,
Austria, September 1991. The selection of work appearing in this
volume contains not only contributions to mathematical psychology
in the narrow sense, but also work in psychometrics and
methodology, with the common element of all contributions being
their attempt to deal with scientific problems in psychology with
rigorous mathematics reasoning. The book contains 28 chapters
divided into five parts: Perception, Learning, and Cognition;
Choice and Reaction Time; Social Systems; Measurement and
Psychometrics; and Methodology. It is of interest to all
mathematical psychologists, educational psychologists, and graduate
students in these areas.
This two-volume set provides a comprehensive overview of the
multidisciplinary field of Embodied Cognition. With contributions
from internationally acknowledged researchers from a variety of
fields, Foundations of Embodied Cognition reveals how intelligent
behaviour emerges from the interplay between brain, body and
environment. Covering early research and emerging trends in
embodied cognition, Volume 1 Perceptual and Emotional Embodiment is
divided into four distinct parts, bringing together a number of
influential perspectives and new ideas. Part one opens the volume
with an overview of theoretical perspectives and the neural basis
of embodiment, before part two considers body representation and
its links with action. Part three examines how actions constrain
perception of the environment, and part four explores how emotions
can be shaped and structured by the body and its activity. Building
on the idea that knowledge acquisition, retention and retrieval are
intimately interconnected with sensory and motor processes,
Foundations of Embodied Cognition is a landmark publication in the
field. It will be of great interest to researchers and advanced
students from across the cognitive sciences, including those
specialising in psychology, neuroscience, intelligent systems and
robotics, philosophy, linguistics and anthropology.
This two-volume set provides a comprehensive overview of the
multidisciplinary field of Embodied Cognition. With contributions
from internationally acknowledged researchers from a variety of
fields, Foundations of Embodied Cognition reveals how intelligent
behaviour emerges from the interplay between brain, body and
environment. Covering early research and emerging trends in
embodied cognition, Volume 1 Perceptual and Emotional Embodiment is
divided into four distinct parts, bringing together a number of
influential perspectives and new ideas. Part one opens the volume
with an overview of theoretical perspectives and the neural basis
of embodiment, before part two considers body representation and
its links with action. Part three examines how actions constrain
perception of the environment, and part four explores how emotions
can be shaped and structured by the body and its activity. Building
on the idea that knowledge acquisition, retention and retrieval are
intimately interconnected with sensory and motor processes,
Foundations of Embodied Cognition is a landmark publication in the
field. It will be of great interest to researchers and advanced
students from across the cognitive sciences, including those
specialising in psychology, neuroscience, intelligent systems and
robotics, philosophy, linguistics and anthropology.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book explores the
emerging topics and rapid technological developments of robotics
and artificial intelligence through the lens of the evolving role
of sex robots, and how they should best be designed to serve human
needs. An international panel of authors provides the most
up-to-date, evidence-based empirical research on the potential
sexual applications of artificial intelligence. Early chapters
discuss the objections to sexual activity with robots while also
providing a counterargument to each objection. Subsequent chapters
present the implications of robot sex as well as the security and
data privacy issues associated with sexual interactions with
artificial intelligence. The book concludes with a chapter
highlighting the importance of a scientific, multidisciplinary
approach to the study of human - robot sexuality. Topics featured
in this book include: The Sexual Interaction Illusion Model. The
personal companion system, Harmony, designed by Realbotix (TM). An
exposition of the challenges of personal data control and
protection when dealing with artificial intelligence. The current
and future technological possibilities of projecting
three-dimensional holograms. Expert discussion notes from an
international workshop on the topic. AI Love You will be of
interest to academic researchers in psychology, robotics, ethics,
medical science, sociology, gender studies as well as clinicians,
policy makers, and the business sector.
Within psychology, emotion is often treated as something private
and personal. In contrast, this book tries to understand emotion
from the 'outside' by examining the everyday social settings in
which it operates. Three levels of social influence are considered
in decreasing order of inclusiveness, starting with the surrounding
culture and subculture, moving on to the more delimited
organization or group, and finally focusing on the interpersonal
setting. At all these levels, emotion is influenced by social
factors and has an impact on the way social life proceeds. For
example, there are no direct equivalents in many cultures for some
of the particular forms of emotion experienced in Western
societies, suggesting that not all aspects of emotion are universal
or biologically determined. Further, our various social
identifications and allegiances partly determine what is
emotionally relevant in a situation and how we respond to ingroup
and outgroup members' emotions. Finally, emotions are usually
occasioned by things that other people say, do, or have done to
them, and often change the way interaction with those others
proceeds. topics from a social psychological perspective, and
develops its own distinctive approach by recontextualising emotion
in an integrated cultural, organisational and relational world.
Dieser Band ist das Ergebnis der mehrjahrigen Tatigkeit eines von
der Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI) angeregten Arbeitskreises. Das
wirtschaftlich eminent wichtige und sich rapide entwickelnde Gebiet
der rechnerunterstutzten Systeme in der Fertigung zeigte einen
grossen Bedarf fur ein solches Handbuch. Durch dieses Buch soll
einerseits dem Experten ein Leitfaden und Nachschlagewerk in die
Hand gegeben und andererseits das Management bei der
Entscheidungsvorbereitung auf diesem Gebiet unterstutzt werden. Es
soll eine Hilfestellung sowohl bei der Beurteilung und Auswahl als
auch bei der Entwicklung und Einfuhrung solcher Systeme geben.
Unter den vielen von Computer Aided Manufacturing beeinflussten
Unternehmensbereichen ist besonders die Entwicklung aufzufuhren, in
der heute haufig schon mit CAD-Techniken gearbeitet wird. Der
Bereich CAD wird eingehend in dem ebenfalls von der GI initiierten
CAD-Handbuch behandelt und ist daher in dem vorliegenden
CAM-Handbuch ausgespart. Das CAD- und das CAM-Handbuch sind somit
als zwei sich erganzende Werke zu betrachten. Der Leser, der sich
intensiv mit CAM befasst, sollte genugend Grundkenntnisse uber CAD
besitzen, um die Zusammenhange zwischen diesen beiden Technologien
zu verstehen.
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Roentgendiagnostik der Oberen Speise- und Atemwege, der Atemorgane und des Mediastinums - Teil 1 / Part 1: Roentgen Diagnosis of the Upper Alimentary Tract and Air Passages, the Respiratory Organs, and the Mediastinum (German, Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1969)
H. Blaha, H. Fischer, S. Hofmann, A Huzly, B Kranig, …
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Die rontgenologische Diagnostik des Respirationstraktes war neben
der des Skeletes eine weitere Moglichkeit, welche ohne Zuhilfenahme
kontrastverstarkender oder kontrast- mindernder Medien schon sehr
fruhzeitig in den Anfangen der Rontgenara mit Erfolg betrieben
wurde. Der naturlicherweise vorhandene deutliche
Kontrastunterschied zwischen dem aufgehellten, beatmeten
Lungenparenchym und den verschatteten, blutfUhrenden GefaBen,
ferner der dichte Schatten der Mediastinalorgane und des
ZwerchfeIles, gaben den Anfangern in der Rontgendiagnostik die
Moglichkeit, schon wahrend der Durch- leuchtung bestimmte Aussagen
zu machen. Man erkannte bald, daB die pathologischen Pro- zesse in
der Lunge durch zusatzliche Verschattungen bzw. durch Aufhellungen
sich auBern. Es muB hier ganz besonders unterstrichen werden, daB
am Anfang der Rontgen- diagnostik im Thoraxraum die
Thoraxdurchleuchtung (Rontgenoskopie) die Domane dieser Diagnostik
war, denn mit Hilfe einer systematischen Durchleuchtung war es
nicht nur moglich, bestimmte abnorme Befunde im Lungenfeld oder im
Mediastinalraum, am Herzen oder am GefaBband bzw. an der Thoraxwand
usw. zu erheben, sondern auf Grund der topographischen Beziehungen
dieser Befunde zu bekannten Gebilden im Thoraxraum diese
entsprechend einzuordnen. Einen wesentlichen Faktor bildete auch
die Funktions- prUfung, so z. B. des ZwerchfeIles, der Thoraxwand,
des Herzens, der Mediastinalorgane usw. Die "flieBende Rotation"
des Kranken wahrend der Durchleuchtung und die Mog- lichkeit des
Einblendens auf ein kleines Feld, ferner der Nachweis der normalen
Zwerch- fellfunktion eventuell der paradoxen Verschieblichkeit
desselben, des Pendelns des Media- stinums, sind nur wenige
Beispiele dieser Moglichkeiten, die mit Hilfe einer subtilen
Thoraxdurchleuchtungstechnik erarbeitet werden konnten. Auch sei
hier ganz besonders die Wiener Schule unter HOLZKNECHT
hervorgehoben.
Den Aufstieg, den die Landwirtschaft fast aller Lander in dem
vergangenen halben Jahrhundert genommen hat, verdankt sie zunachst
den wissenschaft lichen Forschungen auf dem Gebiete der
pflanzlichen Ernahrungslehre. Diese Erkenntnisse fiihrten zu der
Anwendung von kunstlichen Dungemitteln. Beschaffung und Herstellung
dieser ist eine der wichtigsten Aufgaben der chemischen Industrie.
Die Landwirtschaft gehOrt heute mit zu den groBten Verbrauchern
chemischer Produkte. Die Wichtigkeit der Landwirtschaft beruht
daher nicht allein in ihrer Aufgabe, Nahrungsstoffe fUr Mensch und
Vieh zu erzeugen, sondern ihr kommt als Hauptabnehmer industrieller
Erzeugnisse auch eine groBe, volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung zu.
Jene Behauptung, daB der Mensch seit fast einem Jahrhundert nm mit
Hille der Wissenschaft produziert, trifft nicht zum wenigsten auf
die Landwirtschaft zu. "Auch sie ist ein Gewerbe, das zu einer
Kunst erst bei hochster Vollendung wird und dann der wissenschaft
lichen Erkenntnis bei der Ausubung bedarf, wenn die hOchste
Leistung erzielt werden soIl. " Zahlreiche Forschungsanstalten und
Institute sind hente in der ganzen Welt tatig, urn die Kenntnisse
der Ernahrung und Dungung deL land wirtschaftlichen Kultmpflanzen
auf wissenschaftlicher Grundlage zu vertiefen und zu erweitern.
Eine groBe Anzahl von Spezialfragen harrt noch der Auf klarung und
Bearbeitung. Ein so umfassendes Gebiet wie das der Ernahrung und
Diingung der Kultur pflanzen mit seinen zahlreichen biologischen,
chemischen, physiologischen und landwirtschaftlich-technischen
Einzelfragen kann heute nicht mehr von einem oder nur wenigen
Bearbeitern ausfUhrlich und sachlich dargestellt werden."
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