Cognitive Science: New Developments and Future Directions

ISBN-13: 9781032326566 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 224 str.

Ramesh Kumar Mishra

Opis

This volume provides an overview of cognitive science and critically assess areas within the topic that are evolving rapidly. Using multidisciplinary studies and rich empirical literature, discussions and demonstrations, this book highlights emerging domains and novel themes within cognitive science.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Evolution of Cognition 3. Attention 4. Current Research on Consciousness 5. Neuroplasticity 6. Artificial Intelligence and Agency 7. Mind, Cognition and Religion 8. Self, Morality and Cognition 9. Gender and Cognition 10. Future Directions

O autorze

Ramesh Kumar Mishra is a cognitive scientist currently teaching at the University of Hyderabad. He has explored the dynamics of human mind within the cognitive science framework. His most recent monographs have been on topics as diverse as bilingualism and the interaction of language with vision and attention. He is a fellow of the Psychonomic Society, USA and is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science (Springer). He is deeply interested in the question of the mind, its evolution and its contemporary manifestation in different facets of life. The chapters of this book summarize his current thinking, which connects the mind to the world.