Cognition and Tool Use: Forms of Engagement in Human and Animal Use of Tools

ISBN-13: 9780367454470 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 192 str.

Christopher Baber

Opis

Analyzing tool use as a psychomotor activity, Cognition and Tool Use presents a coherent account of both successful and unsuccessful efforts to design and develop usable tools. It includes an exploration of tool use by primates and other animals, and contrasts primate tool use with that of young children. It considers design ergonomics, and the various meanings ascribed to tools, discusses contemporary tool use, as well as future developments in human-computer interfaces, such as haptic virtual reality and tangible user interfaces. Compiling research from archaeology and anthropology to psychology and ergonomics, this volume provides the most complete reference available on this subject.

Recenzje

"Whilst sets of guidelines for design of handles etc. are readily available within the ergonomics literature, Baber summarizes much of this material succinctly and usefully within the book. … In sum, this is a useful, interesting, and entertaining read that draws upon a wide literature to embed an analysis of an ancient ... human activity within a theoretical framework. … [I]t is a refreshing to review a book that has such wide appeal and relevance. It is easy to imagine the book being useful to development psychologists, archaeologists, or ethologists almost as much as to ergonomists. "
- Ergonomics, Vol. 48, No. 4, March 2005

Spis treści

Introduction
Introduction
What Is a Tool?
Tools as "Augmentation Means"
Everyday Cognition
Forms of Engagement
The Structure of the Book

How Animals Use Tools
Introduction
Tool Use by Invertebrates and Fish
Tool Use by Birds
Tool Use by Mammals
Motor Engagement: Pre-Adaptive or Goal-Directed?
Discussion

Tool Use by Primates and Young Children
Introduction
Tool Use by Chimpanzee Observed in the Wild
Tool Use by Other Primates Observed in the Wild
Primate Tool Use in Captivity
Primate and Human Infant Development
Cultural Engagement
Discussion

The Making of Tools
Introduction
Making Stone Tools
Studies of Primates Working Stone
Types of Stone Tool
Cultural Engagement
Discussion

Working with Tools
Introduction
Tacit Knowledge
Forms of Engagement
Discussion

The Design of Tools
Introduction
Anthropometry of the Human Hand
Properties of Tools
Using Tools: Posture, Balance, and Activity
Basic Principles of Tool Design

The Semantics of Tools
Introduction
Product Semantics
Signifying Form
Aesthetics
Signifying Function
Signifying Operation
Tools as "objects to think with"
Cultural Significations
Physical Tools/Cognitive Tools
Discussion

How Tool Use Breaks Down
Introduction
Human Error
Accidents and Injuries when Using Tools
Tool Use and Motor Impairment
Apraxia
Discussion

Cognitive Artifacts
Introduction
Artifacts and Human Performance
Activity Flow
Tools as Cognitive Artifacts
Discussion

Tools in the Twenty-First Century
Introduction
Divisions of Labor/Allocation of Function
Virtual Tools
Real Objects in Virtual Space
Discussion

Towards a Theory of Tool Use
Introduction
Cognition
Environmental and Morphological Engagement: Types of
Affordance
Motor Engagement: Task Specific Devices
Perceptual Engagement: Interpreting Feedback
Cognitive Engagement: Cognitive Schema
Cultural Engagement: Representing Activity
Discussion

Conclusions
Introduction
Forms of Engagement
Contrasting Animal with Human Tool Use
Developing a Theory of Tool Use
Relating Schema to Forms of Engagement
Influencing Design
Discussion

O autorze

Baber\, Christopher