Cognitive Science

An Introduction to the Study of Mind

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• Chapter 14 has been revised to serve as a state-of-the-art dynamical, embodied, ecological chapter.
• Expanded content can be seen throughout on linguistics and artificial intelligence and in discussions of dynamical systems theory and ecological perception.
• New sections have been added on topics like spoken word recognition, cognitive linguistics, embodied cognition, and intelligence tests.
• Future implications for cognitive science are included, particularly as they relate to machine-equivalent implications for cognitive models, with a new focus on intelligent agents, deep learning, brain-computer interfaces, and robotics. 
• Chapter-opening learning objectives identify what students should be able to accomplish upon completion of the reading.
• Dozens of new tables and figures help facilitate student comprehension of the content.

• Examination of the mind from the perspective of different fields includes philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, networks, evolution, emotional and social cognition, linguistics, artificial intelligence, robotics, and the new framework of embodied cognition.
• Interdisciplinary Crossroads sections that focus on research topics from multiple perspectives help students understand the link between various disciplines and cognitive science. 
• End-of-chapter Summing Up sections list the key takeaways from each chapter to help reinforce student learning.
• Suggested readings provide resources for further exploration of topics.
• A glossary defines the bolded key terms throughout chapters.