Category Archives: Cognitive systems

Cognitive Recycling

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Giorgio Bertini

Theories in cognitive science, and especially cognitive neuroscience, often claim that parts of cognitive systems are reused for different cognitive functions. Philosophical analysis of this concept, however, is rare. Here, I first provide a set of criteria for an analysis … Continue reading →

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Integrated Models of Cognitive Systems

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Giorgio Bertini

The field of cognitive modeling has progressed beyond modeling cognition in the context of simple laboratory tasks and begun to attack the problem of modeling cognition in more complex, realistic environments, such as those studied by researchers in the field … Continue reading →

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A Cognitive Interpretation to Organizational Complexity

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Giorgio Bertini

Organizational theory has construed complexity as an objective characteristic of either the structure or the behavior of an organization. We argue that, in order to further our understanding, complexity should be understood in terms of the human cognition of a … Continue reading →

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Radical Changes in Cognitive Process due to Technology?

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

A strong case can be made that the cognitive system is designed for guiding action, not, for example, symbol manipulation. I review empirical work demonstrating the link between action and cognition with special attention to the processes of language comprehension. … Continue reading →

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Distributed Cognition – Domains and Dimensions

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

Synthesizing the domains of investigation highlighted in current research in distributed cognition and related fields, this paper offers an initial taxonomy of the overlapping types of resources which typically contribute to distributed or extended cognitive systems. It then outlines a … Continue reading →