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Author: Margaret A. Boden
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-02-24
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 1134379587
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis second edition of The Creative Mind has been updated to include recent developments in artificial intelligence, with a new preface, introduction and conclusion by the author.
Author: William Bechtel
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13: 0805863338
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Drew V. McDermott
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780262133920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn exploration of the mind-body problem from the perspective of artificial intelligence.
Author: Margaret A. Boden
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780465014514
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplains the principles of creativity through the latest developments in computational psychology and artificial intelligence
Author: Edward de Bono
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2015-07-02
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1473527570
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Mechanism of Mind presents Edward de Bono’s original theories on how the brain functions, processes information and organises it. It explains why the brain, the ’mechanism’, can only work in certain ways and introduces the four basic types of thinking that have gone on to inform his life’s work, namely ‘natural thinking’, ‘logical thinking’,’ mathematical thinking’ and ‘lateral thinking’. De Bono also outlines his argument for introducing the word ‘PO’ as an alternative to the word ‘NO’ when putting lateral thinking into practice. Drawing on colourful visual imagery to help explain his theories and thought-processes, from light bulbs and sugar cubes to photography and water erosion, The Mechanism of Mind remains as fascinating and as insightful as it was when it was first published in 1969. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to gain a greater understanding of how the mind works and organises information – and how Edward de Bono came to develop his creative thinking tools.
Author: L. Andrew Coward
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: 2021-09-14
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 1525597922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBrain Mechanisms: Linking Cognitive Phenomena to Neuron Activity shows how to understand higher cognition in terms of brain anatomy, physiology and chemistry. Natural selection pressures have resulted in all information processes in the brain being one of just two general types: condition definition/detections and behavioural recommendation definition/integrations. Using these information process types, hierarchies of description can be created that map from cognitive phenomena to the activity of the billions of neurons in the brain. These hierarchies make it possible to create an intuitively satisfying understanding of how neuron activity results in human memory, consciousness and self-awareness. These ideas were previously described at a technical level in Towards a Theoretical Neuroscience: from Cell Chemistry to Cognition. This book presents the ideas for a more general readership.
Author: Robert J. Sternberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 0521827442
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Author: Ron Sun
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-04-20
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0199794707
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book aims to understand human cognition and psychology through a comprehensive computational theory of the human mind, namely, a computational "cognitive architecture" (or more specifically, the Clarion cognitive architecture). The goal of this work is to develop a unified framework for understanding the human mind, and within the unified framework, to develop process-based, mechanistic explanations of a large variety of psychological phenomena. Specifically, the book first describes the essential Clarion framework and its cognitive-psychological justifications, then its computational instantiations, and finally its applications to capturing, simulating, and explaining various psychological phenomena and empirical data. The book shows how the models and simulations shed light on psychological mechanisms and processes through the lens of a unified framework. In fields ranging from cognitive science, to psychology, to artificial intelligence, and even to philosophy, researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, and practitioners of various kinds may have interest in topics covered by this book. The book may also be suitable for seminars or courses, at graduate or undergraduate levels, on cognitive architectures or cognitive modeling (i.e. computational psychology).
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 326
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eugene Subbotsky
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010-03-31
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 0190453117
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMagical thinking and behavior have traditionally been viewed as immature, misleading alternatives to scientific thought that in children inevitably diminish with age. In adults, these inclinations have been labeled by psychologists largely as superstitions that feed on frustration, uncertainty, and the unpredictable nature of certain human activities. In Magic and the Mind, Eugene Subbotsky provides an overview of the mechanisms and development of magical thinking and beliefs throughout the life span while arguing that the role of this type of thought in human development should be reconsidered. Rather than an impediment to scientific reasoning or a byproduct of cognitive development, in children magical thinking is an important and necessary complement to these processes, enhancing creativity at problem-solving and reinforcing coping strategies, among other benefits. In adults, magical thinking and beliefs perform important functions both for individuals (coping with unsolvable problems and stressful situations) and for society (enabling mass influence and promoting social harmony). Operating in realms not bound by physical causality, such as emotion, relationships, and suggestion, magical thinking is an ongoing, developing psychological mechanism that, Subbotsky argues, is integral in the contexts of politics, commercial advertising, and psychotherapy, and undergirds our construction and understanding of meaning in both mental and physical worlds. Magic and the Mind represents a unique contribution to our understanding of the importance of magical thinking, offering experimental evidence and conclusions never before collected in one source. It will be of interest to students and scholars of developmental psychology, as well as sociologists, anthropologists, and educators.
