Oxford series in developmental cognitive neuroscience
Subtitle: a primer on dynamic field theory
By: Gregor Schöner, John Spencer, DFT Research Group
Series: Oxford series in developmental cognitive neuroscience
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199300563
Subjects: PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology; Thought and thinking; Neuropsychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology; Cognitive psychology
Description: "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"--

"This book describes a new theoretical approach--Dynamic Field Theory (DFT)--that explains how people think and act"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Contributors; title: Abbreviations; title: General Introduction; title: John Spencer and Gregor Schöner; title: Part 1 Integrating Lower-Level Perception-Action with Higher-Level Cognition; title: Introduction to Part 1; title: Gregor Schöner and John P. Spencer; title: Chapter 1: The Dynamics of Neural Activation Variables; title: Gregor Schöner, Hendrik Reimann, and Jonas Lins; title: Chapter 2: Dynamic Field Theory; title: Gregor Schöner and Anne Schutte; title: Chapter 3: The Ties of DFT to Neurophyisology; title: Sebastian Schneegans, Jonas Lins, and Gregor Schöner; title: Chapter 4: Embodied Neural Dynamics; title: Gregor Schöner, Christian Faubel, Evelina Dineva, and Estela Bicho; title: Part 2 Integrating Lower-Level Perception-Action with Higher-Level Cognition; title: Introduction to Part 2; title: John P. Spencer and Gregor Schöner; title: Chapter 5: Integration and Selection in Multi-Dimensional Dynamic Fields.; title: Sebastian Schneegans, Jonas Lins, and John P. Spencer; title: Chapter 6: Integrating Perception and Working Memory in a Three-Layer Dynamic Field Model; title: Jeffrey S. Johnson and Vanessa R. Simmering; title: Chapter 7: Sensory-Motor and Cognitive Transformation; title: Sebastian Schneegans; title: Chapter 8: Integrating "What" and "Where": Visual Working Memory for Objects in a Scene; title: Sebastian Schneegans, John P. Spencer, and Gregor Schöner; title: Chapter 9: Dynamic Scene Representations and Autonomous Robotics; title: Stephan K. U. Zibner and Christian Faubel; title: Part 3 Integrating Thinking over Multiple Timescales; title: Introduction to Part 3; title: John P. Spencer and Gregor Schöner; title: Chapter 10: Developmental Dynamics: The Spatial Precision Hypothesis; title: Vanessa Simmering and Anne Schutte; title: Chapter 11: A Process View of Learning and Development in an Autonomous Exploratory System; title: Sammy Perone and Joseph P. Ambrose; title: Chapter 12: Grounding Word Learning in Space and Time; title: Larissa K. Samuelson and Christian Faubel; title: Chapter 13: The Emergence of Higher-level Cognitive Flexibility: DFT and Executive Function; title: Aaron T. Buss, Timothy Wifall, and Eliot Hazeltine; title: Chapter 14: Autonomous Sequence Generation in Dynamic Field Theory; title: Yulia Sandamirskaya; title: Conclusions: A 'How-to' Guide to Modeling with Dynamic Field Theory; title: Joseph Ambrose, Sebastian Schneegans, Gregor Schöner,; title: and John P. Spencer.