Interactivist-constructivist foundations for embodying attention

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 69-90

  Skewes, Joshua C ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attention; Embodiment; Error vicariants; Interactivism constructivism; Models of cognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DYNAMICAL FOUNDATIONS; EMBODIED MODELS; EMBODIMENT PROGRAM;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 34547380036     PISSN: 0952813X     EISSN: 13623079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09528130600926124     Document Type: Article

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