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Is the Human Mind
"... Among the most pervasive and fundamental assumptions in cognitive science is that the human mind (or mind-brain) is a mechanism of some sort: a physical device com-posed of functionally specifiable subsystems. On this view, functional decomposition – the analysis of the overall system into functiona ..."
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Among the most pervasive and fundamental assumptions in cognitive science is that the human mind (or mind-brain) is a mechanism of some sort: a physical device com-posed of functionally specifiable subsystems. On this view, functional decomposition – the analysis of the overall system
Human Minds
"... are capable of many things that lie beyond the intellectual powers of the rest of the animal realm. In this paper, I want to ask what makes human minds distinctive. What accounts for the special powers that set humans aside from other animals? Unfortunately, I shall not fare particularly well in ans ..."
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are capable of many things that lie beyond the intellectual powers of the rest of the animal realm. In this paper, I want to ask what makes human minds distinctive. What accounts for the special powers that set humans aside from other animals? Unfortunately, I shall not fare particularly well
The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being
- Journal of Personality & Social Psychology
, 2003
"... Mindfulness is an attribute of consciousness long believed to promote well-being. This research provides a theoretical and empirical examination of the role of mindfulness in psychological well-being. The development and psychometric properties of the dispositional Mindful Attention Awareness Scale ..."
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Mindfulness is an attribute of consciousness long believed to promote well-being. This research provides a theoretical and empirical examination of the role of mindfulness in psychological well-being. The development and psychometric properties of the dispositional Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
THE PSYCHOMOTOR THEORY OF HUMAN MIND
"... This study presents a new theory to explain the neural origins of human mind. This is the psychomotor theory. The author briefly analyzed the historical development of the mind-brain theories. The close relations between psychological and motor systems were subjected to a rather detailed analysis, u ..."
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This study presents a new theory to explain the neural origins of human mind. This is the psychomotor theory. The author briefly analyzed the historical development of the mind-brain theories. The close relations between psychological and motor systems were subjected to a rather detailed analysis
Reasoning the fast and frugal way: Models of bounded rationality.
- Psychological Review,
, 1996
"... Humans and animals make inferences about the world under limited time and knowledge. In contrast, many models of rational inference treat the mind as a Laplacean Demon, equipped with unlimited time, knowledge, and computational might. Following H. Simon's notion of satisncing, the authors have ..."
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Humans and animals make inferences about the world under limited time and knowledge. In contrast, many models of rational inference treat the mind as a Laplacean Demon, equipped with unlimited time, knowledge, and computational might. Following H. Simon's notion of satisncing, the authors
Rethinking the emotional brain
, 2012
"... ts fe o th emotion is, and how it differs from other aspects of mind and behavior, in spite of discussion and debate that dates back to emotion, since animal research is essential for identifying cally use these ‘‘feeling words’ ’ as guideposts to explore the terrain of emotion. One set of such phen ..."
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ts fe o th emotion is, and how it differs from other aspects of mind and behavior, in spite of discussion and debate that dates back to emotion, since animal research is essential for identifying cally use these ‘‘feeling words’ ’ as guideposts to explore the terrain of emotion. One set
Pretense and representation: The origins of a theory of mind
- Psychol. Rev
, 1987
"... One of the major developments of the second year of human life is the emergence of the ability to pretend. A child's knowledge of a real situation is apparently contradicted and distorted by pretense. If, as generally assumed, the child is just beginning to construct a system for internally rep ..."
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One of the major developments of the second year of human life is the emergence of the ability to pretend. A child's knowledge of a real situation is apparently contradicted and distorted by pretense. If, as generally assumed, the child is just beginning to construct a system for internally
Transcending the Individual Human Mind -- Creating Shared Understanding through Collaborative Design
- ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER HUMAN-INTERACTION
, 2000
"... Complex design problems require more knowledge than any single person possesses because the knowledge relevant to a problem is usually distributed among stakeholders. Bringing different and often controversial points of view together to create a shared understanding among these stakeholders can lead ..."
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lead to new insights, new ideas, and new artifacts. New media that allow owners of problems to contribute to framing and resolving complex design problems can extend the power of the individual human mind. Based on our past work and study of other approaches, systems, and collaborative
Reconstructing the Evolution of the Human Mind
- Evolution of the Mind
, 2007
"... I approach this topic as an anthropologist who draws primarily on behavioral ecology for my theoretical and methodological inspiration. I study contemporary hunter-gatherer societies with an eye to understanding decision-making and ecological adaptation in small-scale social systems, which would inc ..."
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include those of our human ancestors. However, I do not frame my research as an attempt to reconstruct
Extraterrestrial Life and the Human Mind
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