The Cambridge Handbook of Situated Cognition

Book Overview

Since its inception some fifty years ago, cognitive science has seen a number of sea changes. Perhaps the best known is the development of connectionist models of cognition as an alternative to classical, symbol-based approaches. A more recent - and increasingly influential - trend is that of dynamical-systems-based, ecologically oriented models of the mind. Researchers suggest that a full understanding of the mind will require systematic study of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521612861
• ISBN13: 9780521612869
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 526 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.9" x 9.9"