Dynamic Thinking - Research Group, Dft

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Résumé :
Dynamic Thinking: A Primer on Dynamic Field Theory introduces the reader to a new approach to understanding cognitive and neural dynamics using the concepts of Dynamic Field Theory (DFT). Dynamic Neural Fields are formalizations of how neural populations represent the continuous dimensions of perceptual features, movements, and cognitive decisions. The concepts of DFT establish links between brain and behavior, revealing ways in which models of brain function can be tested with both neural and behavioral measures. Thus, DFT bridges the gap between brain and behavior, between neuroscience and the behavioral sciences. The book provides systematic tutorials on the central concepts of DFT and their grounding in both dynamical systems theory and neurophysiology. The concrete mathematical implementation of these concepts is laid out, supported by hands-on exercises that make use of interactive simulators in MATLAB. The book also contains a large set of exemplary case studies in which the concepts and associated models are used to understand how elementary forms of embodied cognition emerge and develop....

Biographie:

• Contributors


• Abbreviations


• General Introduction


• John Spencer and Gregor Sch??ner


• Part 1 Integrating Lower-Level Perception-Action with Higher-Level Cognition


• Introduction to Part 1


• Gregor Sch??ner and John P. Spencer


• Chapter 1: The Dynamics of Neural Activation Variables


• Gregor Sch?ner, Hendrik Reimann, and Jonas Lins


• Chapter 2: Dynamic Field Theory


• Gregor Sch?ner and Anne Schutte


• Chapter 3: The Ties of DFT to Neurophyisology


• Sebastian Schneegans, Jonas Lins, and Gregor Sch??ner


• Chapter 4: Embodied Neural Dynamics


• Gregor Sch??ner, Christian Faubel, Evelina Dineva, and Estela Bicho


• Part 2 Integrating Lower-Level Perception-Action with Higher-Level Cognition


• Introduction to Part 2


• John P. Spencer and Gregor Sch??ner


• Chapter 5: Integration and Selection in Multi-Dimensional Dynamic Fields.


• Sebastian Schneegans, Jonas Lins, and John P. Spencer


• Chapter 6: Integrating Perception and Working Memory in a Three-Layer Dynamic Field Model


• Jeffrey S. Johnson and Vanessa R. Simmering


• Chapter 7: Sensory-Motor and Cognitive Transformation


• Sebastian Schneegans


• Chapter 8: Integrating What and Where : Visual Working Memory for Objects in a Scene


• Sebastian Schneegans, John P. Spencer, and Gregor Sch??ner


• Chapter 9: Dynamic Scene Representations and Autonomous Robotics


• Stephan K. U. Zibner and Christian Faubel


• Part 3 Integrating Thinking over Multiple Timescales


• Introduction to Part 3


• John P. Spencer and Gregor Sch??ner


• Chapter 10: Developmental Dynamics: The Spatial Precision Hypothesis


• Vanessa Simmering and Anne Schutte


• Chapter 11: A Process View of Learning and Development in an Autonomous Exploratory System


• Sammy Perone and Joseph P. Ambrose


• Chapter 12: Grounding Word Learning in Space and Time


• Larissa K. Samuelson and Christian Faubel


• Chapter 13: The Emergence of Higher-level Cognitive Flexibility: DFT and Executive Function


• Aaron T. Buss, Timothy Wifall, and Eliot Hazeltine


• Chapter 14: Autonomous Sequence Generation in Dynamic Field Theory


• Yulia Sandamirskaya


• Conclusions: A 'How-to' Guide to Modeling with Dynamic Field Theory


• Joseph Ambrose, Sebastian Schneegans, Gregor Sch??ner,


• and John P. Spencer