Cognitive Science in Europe

A report from the FAST Programme of the Commission of the European Communities
1. Auflage 1987
ISBN: 978-3-540-96595-4
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

Reihe: Recent Research in Psychology

AIMS AND ORGANISATION OF THE PRESENT REPORT This document is a report on the state of Cognitive Science research in the European Economic Community. Since Cognitive Science is a young discipline, we have taken part of our task to be an exposition of its goals, methods and progress, and of its significance for technology. Subsequent to this exposition we survey the intellectual resources devoted to Cognitive Science research within member nations of the EEC. Specific proposals for the advancement of the discipline in Europe are also formulated. In more detail, the six chapters comprising the report may be summarized as follows. -Chapter 1 (What is Cognitive Science?) is an overview of the major research themes that define contemporary Cognitive Science. The relation of these themes to current technological issues Is also briefly discussed. -Chapter 2 (Survey of cognitive competencies) treats four principal axes of Cognitive Science research In more detail. Our discussion Is at once theoretical and applied Inasmuch as we describe potential app lications of basic research to technological and societal issues. -Chapter 3 (Biological perspective on Cognitive Science) is a discussion of neuroscience approaches to Cognitive Science. This chapter is intended to under line the distinction between Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence. -Chapter 4 (Cognitive ergonomics) highlights the study of man-machine interaction. It may be usefully accompanied by FAST series N" 9: "Mismatch between machine representations and human concepts".

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Osherson, Daniel

Imbert, Michel

Bertelson, Paul

Kempson, Ruth

Viviani, Paolo

Schnelle, Helmut

Streitz, Norbert

Thomassen, Arnold J. W. M.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Chastenet, Denis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Table A: Participants.- Table B: National Correspondents.- Table C: Contributors to Chapters 1–4.- 1 — What is Cognitive Science?.- Cognitive Science Prism.- 2 — Survey of Cognitive Competencies.- Section 2.1: Perception.- Section 2.2: Language.- Section 2.3: Inference.- Section 2.4: Action.- 3 — Biological Perspective on Cognitive Science.- Section 3.1: Recent advances in the neurosciences.- Section 3.2: Neuroscience perspective on brain pathology.- Section 3.3: Parallel processing in the cerebral hemispheres.- Section 3.4: Future prospects in neuroscience.- 4 — Cognitive Ergonomics.- Section 4.0: Introduction.- Section 4.1: The relevance of human-computer interaction (HCI).- Section 4.2: Some comments on history.- Section 4.3: Basic aspects of human-computer interaction (HCI).- Section 4.4: Cognitive Science and Human-Computer interaction.- Section 4.5: Concluding remarks and aspects of future research.- 5 — Survey of Cognitive Science resources in the EEC.- Section 5.1: Introduction.- Section 5.2: Belgium.- Section 5.3: Denmark.- Section 5.4: France.- Section 5.5: German Federal Republic.- Section 5.6: Great Britain.- Section 5.7: Italy.- Section 5.8: The Netherlands.- Section 5.9: Spain.- Section 5.10: Switzerland & Scandinavia.- 6 — Analysis and Proposals.- Section 6.1: Analysis.- Section 6.2: Proposals.- Table 6A.- Table 6B.- Table 6C.- Table 6D.