Description:

This book presents an overview of the exciting, truly multidisciplinary research by neuroscientists and systems engineers in the emerging field of cognitive systems, providing a cross-disciplinary examination of this cutting-edge area of scientific research. This is a great example of where research in very different disciplines touches to create a new emerging area of research. The book illustrates some of the technical developments that could arise from our growing understanding of how living cognitive systems behave, and the ability to use that knowledge in the design of artificial systems. This unique book is of considerable interest to researchers and students in information science, neuroscience, psychology, engineering and adjacent fields.

 

Table of Contents:

Section 1: HOW TO DESIGN A COGNITIVE SYSTEM
Introduction: How to Design a Cognitive System;
Self-Organisation in the Nervous System;
Large–Scale, Small-Scale Systems;
Section 2: COGNITIVE SYSTEMS IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD
Introduction: Cognitive Systems in Touch with the World;
Representation;
Sensory Processing;
Speech and Language;
Section 3: COGNITIVE SYSTEMS IN ACTION
Introduction: Cognitive Systems Need to Plan, to Interact with Others and to Act;
Action;
Social Cognition;
Interaction, Planning & Motivation;
Section 4: MEMORY
Introduction: Cognitive Systems Remember Experience;
Learning and Memory;
Memory, Reasoning and Learning;
Section 5: SCIENCE APPLIED
Advanced Neuroscience Technologies;
Applications and Impact