Continuity in categorization and theoretical implications
| dc.contributor.author | Dale, Richard A C | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-06-26T19:37:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-06-26T19:37:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-06-26T19:37:40Z | |
| dc.description | sorry for the silly error. hopefully this'll do the trick. --rick | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Traditional theories of cognition assume that motor action is executed in an all-or-none fashion, and has little importance for understanding cognitive representation and processing. A series of experiments and simulations presented here challenges this assumption. A relatively higher-order cognitive process, categorization, is shown to have graded effects that are reflected in manual motor output, measured through streaming x-y coordinates from mouse trajectories. Two simulations show that these effects are likely generated from a system in which cognition and action interact fluidly. Finally, theoretical implications of these experiments are drawn out. Symbolic dynamics is introduced, a potential means for reconciling both traditional and continuous accounts of cognition. A broad philosophical discussion follows, in which an integrative and pluralistic approach to cognition is proposed and briefly discussed. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 2763307 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.other | bibid: 6476131 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/3229 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject | action | en_US |
| dc.subject | cognition | en_US |
| dc.subject | representation | en_US |
| dc.subject | categorization | en_US |
| dc.title | Continuity in categorization and theoretical implications | en_US |
| dc.type | dissertation or thesis | en_US |
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