Chapter Resources
Chapter 1: Introduction: Exploring Inner Space
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Chapter 2: Introduction: Exploring Inner Space
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Chapter 3: The Psychological Approach: A Profusion of Theories
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Chapter 4: The Cognitive Approach I: Vision, Pattern Recognition and Attention
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Chapter 5: The Cognitive Approach II: Memory, Imagery,
and Problem Solving
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Chapter 6: The Neuroscience Approach: Mind As Brain
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- Basic principals of magnetoencephalography
- The magnetoencephalogram
- The brain networks laboratory at Texas A&M University
- The National Alliance on Mental Illness summary of
transcranial magnetic stimulation - Hemispatial neglect site at the University of Manitoba
- Questions about attentional deficit hyperactive disorder answered from the National Institute for Mental Health
Chapter 7: The Neuroscience Approach: Mind As Brain
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- The Wikipedia entry on network science
- Updates on findings in network science.
- The Center for Network Science at Central
European University - An introduction to social network analysis.
- Examples of different small world networks
and facts about them - A collection of videos demonstrating small world
networks in hippocampal neural tissue - A review of Mark Buchanan’s book Nexus.
- A network model that simulates preferential attachment
- A flash animation illustrating neural synchrony
- Percolation theory
- A comprehensive site on information regarding epilepsy
- Epilepsy on WebMD
- The Epilepsy Center at New York University
Chapter 8: The Evolutionary Approach: Change Over Time
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- Description of ecological niche and related terms
- The animal cognition network
- Animal cognition site from The University of Edinburgh
- The comparative cognition laboratory
- Behavioral economics, heuristics, framing and anomalies
- The Center for Neuroeconomics at George Mason University
- A list of references on loss aversion
- References and related topics on framing effects
Chapter 9: The Linguistic Approach: Language and
Cognitive Science
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- An introduction to language
- Language and speech from the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association - Primates and Language from a Tufts University site
- An article on language acquisition from Steven Pinker
- Human evolution and second language acquisition
- A brief introduction to syntax and language
- More information on the Wernicke-Geschwind model
of language - A whole online course on artificial intelligence and
natural language processing
Chapter 10: The Emotional Approach: Mind as Emotion
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- A comphrensive website containing information on the psychology, appearance, and behavior of the human face.
- This page contains links to many different theories of emotion
- From Scholarpedia.org, this has information on a variety of different topics related to cognition and emotion.
- The hippocampus plays a key role in memory, learning and emotion. Find out more here. Lots of good pictures showing the anatomy of relevant brain areas.
- The website of the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory. Has information on how emotions influence decisions but much more on the other factors, cognitive and otherwise that impact on this.
- An article on the role the amygdala plays in fear and panic. From Serendip.
- An article on evolutionary psychology and emotions from the Center for Evolutionary Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara
- An extensive wikipedia article on emotional intelligence
- A test that allows you to calculate your Emotional IQ.
- Another site with information on emotional intelligence.
- An article on the analytical rumination hypothesis from Psychlopedia.
- The home page of the Affective Computing group at MIT
- Videos and more on the Kismet robot.
Chapter 11: The Social Approach: Mind as Society
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- A site containing papers and links to research in social cognition
- A brief but nice overview of social cognitive neuroscience
- The social cognitive neuroscience lab at Columbia University
- Video and information on mirror neurons
- A summary of research on mirror neurons from scholarpedia
- More on mirror neurons from the Association for Psychological Science
- Theories on theory of mind
- The Autism Society website
- An overview of autism from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- The Autism Research Institute
- Asperger’s syndrome symptoms
- Epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, treatment and other issues affecting Asperger’s disorder
- Features of William’s syndrome and frequently asked questions
- Genetic factors underlying William’s syndrome
- Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Association
- Social phobia information from the National Institute of
Mental Health - Eliminating, Applying, and Producing
- The social psychology network
Chapter 12: The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Approach I:
The Mind As Machine
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- History of AI
- AI demonstrations for: Paranoid Parry, Eliza, psychotherapist, block microworld, the General Problem Solver (GPS), and Hacker among others
- The Turing paper
- Take the Turing Test
- Home page for Marvin Minsky, relevant to “thinking machines”
- Other important contributions to AI, by John McCarthy
- Goertzel talk given at the Singularity Summit in New York City (2009)
- Additional material on Jeff Hawkins
- Predictive architectures in AI
- Evolutionary Computing
- Nobel Gerald Edelman on consciousness
Chapter 13: Artificial Intelligence II: Embodiments and Robotics
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- A Short History of Robots
- Kinetic Modeling of Biological Systems
- What is the cognitive rift between humans and other animals?
- Depth-first search animation
- Making Game Theory Relevant – A great resource for all aspects of the subject matter
- All kinds of robotic simulation
- The many applications of Expert Systems
- What is robotic architecture?
- Home page for Rodney Brooks
- Home page for Cynthia Breazeal
- Biological influences on robotics
- The rat-brained robot
- Robotics and enhanced delivery of health care
Chapter 14: Conclusion: Where We Go From Here
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