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Embodied simulation as off-line representation / by Henrik Svensson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Linköping studies in science and technology. Thesis ; 1312Publisher: Linköping : Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköpings universitet, 2007Description: 117 s. illISBN:
  • 9789185831838
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Embodied simulation as off-line representationDDC classification:
  • 153 23/swe
Online resources: Dissertation note: Licentiatavhandling Linköping : Linköpings universitet, 2007 Summary: This licentiate thesis argues that a key to understanding the embodiment of cognition is the "sharing" of neural mechanisms between sensorimotor processes and higher-level cognitive processes as described by simulation theories. Simulation theories explain higher-level cognition as (partial) simulations or emulations of sensorimotor processes through the re-activation of neural circuitry also active in bodily perception, action, and emotion. This thesis develops the notion that simulation mechanisms have a particular representational function, as off-line representations, which contributes to the representation debate in embodied cognitive science. Based on empirical evidence from neuroscience, psychology and other disciplines as well as a review of existing simulation theories, the thesis describes three main mechanisms of simulation theories: re-activation, binding, and prediction. The possibility of using situated and embodied artificial agents to further understand and validate simulation as a mechanism of (higher-level) cognition is addressed through analysis and comparison of existing models. The thesis also presents some directions for further research on modeling simulation as well as the notion of embodied simulation as off-line representation.
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Licentiatavhandling Linköping : Linköpings universitet, 2007

This licentiate thesis argues that a key to understanding the embodiment of cognition is the "sharing" of neural mechanisms between sensorimotor processes and higher-level cognitive processes as described by simulation theories. Simulation theories explain higher-level cognition as (partial) simulations or emulations of sensorimotor processes through the re-activation of neural circuitry also active in bodily perception, action, and emotion. This thesis develops the notion that simulation mechanisms have a particular representational function, as off-line representations, which contributes to the representation debate in embodied cognitive science. Based on empirical evidence from neuroscience, psychology and other disciplines as well as a review of existing simulation theories, the thesis describes three main mechanisms of simulation theories: re-activation, binding, and prediction. The possibility of using situated and embodied artificial agents to further understand and validate simulation as a mechanism of (higher-level) cognition is addressed through analysis and comparison of existing models. The thesis also presents some directions for further research on modeling simulation as well as the notion of embodied simulation as off-line representation.