This book has been inspired by the portfolio of recent scientific
outputs from a range of European and national research initiatives in
cognitive science. It presents an overview of recent developments in
cognition research and unites the various emerging research strands
within a single text as a reference point for progress in the subject.
It also provides guidance for new researchers on the breadth of the
field and the interconnections between the various research strands
identified here.
Advances in Cognitive Systems brings together a wide range of material
from leading workers in the field as well as the outputs from research
groups around the world, covering the two principal cognition paradigms
of cognitivism and emergence. Furthermore, it suggests some interesting
lines of thought about the challenges and opportunities for future work
in the field and for promoting the various research agendas highlighted
within. This compilation will be of interest not only to those working
in the fields of computer science and AI but also to psychologists,
neural scientists, researchers in information science, and engineers
involved in the development of advanced robotics, mechatronic systems
and HCI systems.