Computational Grounded Cognition: A New Alliance between Grounded Cognition and Computational Modeling
Grounded theories assume that there is no central module for cognition. According to this view, all cognitive phenomena, including those considered the province of amodal cognition such as reasoning, numeric and language processing, are ultimately grounded in (and emerge from) a variety of bodily, a...
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doaj-ee6dd62668f3413aa69e22900932570b2020-11-25T00:02:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782013-01-01310.3389/fpsyg.2012.0061233210Computational Grounded Cognition: A New Alliance between Grounded Cognition and Computational ModelingGiovanni ePezzulo0Lawrence W Barsalou1Angelo eCangelosi2Martin H Fischer3Ken eMcRae4Michael eSpivey5National Research Council of ItalyEmory UniversityUniversity of PlymouthUniversity of PotsdamUniversity of Western OntarioUniversity of CaliforniaGrounded theories assume that there is no central module for cognition. According to this view, all cognitive phenomena, including those considered the province of amodal cognition such as reasoning, numeric and language processing, are ultimately grounded in (and emerge from) a variety of bodily, affective, perceptual and motor processes. The development and expression of cognition is constrained by the embodiment of cognitive agents and various contextual factors (physical and social) in which they are immersed. The grounded framework has received numerous empirical confirmations. Still, there are very few explicit computational models that implement grounding in sensory, motor and affective processes as intrinsic to cognition, and demonstrate that grounded theories can mechanistically implement higher cognitive abilities. We propose a new alliance between grounded cognition and computational modeling towards a novel multidisciplinary enterprise: Computational Grounded Cognition. We clarify the defining features of this novel approach and emphasize the importance of using the methodology of Cognitive Robotics, which permits simultaneous consideration of multiple aspects of grounding, embodiment, and situatedness, showing how they constrain the development and expression of cognition.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00612/fullembodimentCognitive Roboticsgroundingsituated simulationsituatedness |
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Giovanni ePezzulo Lawrence W Barsalou Angelo eCangelosi Martin H Fischer Ken eMcRae Michael eSpivey Computational Grounded Cognition: A New Alliance between Grounded Cognition and Computational Modeling Frontiers in Psychology embodiment Cognitive Robotics grounding situated simulation situatedness |
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Giovanni ePezzulo Lawrence W Barsalou Angelo eCangelosi Martin H Fischer Ken eMcRae Michael eSpivey |
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Computational Grounded Cognition: A New Alliance between Grounded Cognition and Computational Modeling |
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Computational Grounded Cognition: A New Alliance between Grounded Cognition and Computational Modeling |
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Computational Grounded Cognition: A New Alliance between Grounded Cognition and Computational Modeling |
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Computational Grounded Cognition: A New Alliance between Grounded Cognition and Computational Modeling |
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computational grounded cognition: a new alliance between grounded cognition and computational modeling |
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Grounded theories assume that there is no central module for cognition. According to this view, all cognitive phenomena, including those considered the province of amodal cognition such as reasoning, numeric and language processing, are ultimately grounded in (and emerge from) a variety of bodily, affective, perceptual and motor processes. The development and expression of cognition is constrained by the embodiment of cognitive agents and various contextual factors (physical and social) in which they are immersed. The grounded framework has received numerous empirical confirmations. Still, there are very few explicit computational models that implement grounding in sensory, motor and affective processes as intrinsic to cognition, and demonstrate that grounded theories can mechanistically implement higher cognitive abilities. We propose a new alliance between grounded cognition and computational modeling towards a novel multidisciplinary enterprise: Computational Grounded Cognition. We clarify the defining features of this novel approach and emphasize the importance of using the methodology of Cognitive Robotics, which permits simultaneous consideration of multiple aspects of grounding, embodiment, and situatedness, showing how they constrain the development and expression of cognition. |
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embodiment Cognitive Robotics grounding situated simulation situatedness |
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