Integrated Models of Cognitive Systems

Wayne D. Gray is a researcher in the fields of computational cognitive modeling, interactive behavior, cognitive task analysis, cognitive workload, and human error. Since earning his Ph.D. from U. C. Berkeley he has worked for both government and industry laboratories, as well as universities. He is currently a Professor of Cognitive Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Gray is a past Chair of the Cognitive Science Society and thefounding Chair of the Human Performance Modeling technical group of the Human Factor & Ergonomics Society.

"At a time when neuroscience attempts to localize cognitive processes inside the head, cognitive science finally looks outside the mind for an integrated view of cognition. The essays in this significant and fascinating book focus on the computational modeling of the interaction between mind and environment. A stimulating, comprehensive set of readings composed by excellent researchers." --Gerd Gigerenzer, Director, Max Planck Institute for Human Development,Berlin"This volume provides insight into the current and enduring tensions among the research communities attempting to understand human performance and the cognitive functions underlying it . . ." --Susan F. Chipman, Manager, Cognitive Science Program at the U.S. Office of Naval Research"This book reveals the great progress being made in the field of cognitive science . . . The current volume brings together the best and brightest of mathematical modelers with those computational cognitive modelers whose focus is on integrated cognitive systems; the results show the state of the art, and point the way toward exciting future progress." --Richard M. Shiffrin, Luther Dana Waterman Professor of Psychology, Indiana University"A must-read for students of the human mind. A whos who in cognitive science describes the systems approach to understanding for practitioners not just of psychology but of computer science, artificial intelligence, and neural science." --John Tangney". . . [Gray] has provided a valuable framework in which models can be accommodated and integrated with a diversity ranging from those of the unmanned air vehicle operator or highway driver to those addressing the millisecond timing of attention switching. . . . The volume also does an admirable job in bringing applied researchers together with those interested in more basic cognitive phenomena, in a way that equally serves the interests of applications, and ofadvancing the fundamental theory of how the brain performs operations of perception, problem solving, action selection and task management." --Christopher D. Wickens, Senior Scientist, Alion Scienceand Technology MA&D Operation"Integrated Models of Cognitive Systems is an important book. It is strongly recommended to those interested in cognition as well as to those interested in applications of cognitive theory to human factos and engineering psychology." --PsycCRITIQUES"At a time when neuroscience attempts to localize cognitive processes inside the head, cognitive science finally looks outside the mind for an integrated view of cognition. The essays in this significant and fascinating book focus on the computational modeling of the interaction between mind and environment. A stimulating, comprehensive set of readings composed by excellent researchers." --Gerd Gigerenzer, Director, Max Planck Institute for Human Development,Berlin"This volume provides insight into the current and enduring tensions among the research communities attempting to understand human performance and the cognitive functions underlying it . . ." --Susan F. Chipman, Manager, Cognitive Science Program at the U.S. Office of Naval Research"This book reveals the great progress being made in the field of cognitive science . . . The current volume brings together the best and brightest of mathematical modelers with those computational cognitive modelers whose focus is on integrated cognitive systems; the results show the state of the art, and point the way toward exciting future progress." --Richard M. Shiffrin, Luther Dana Waterman Professor of Psychology, Indiana University"A must-read for students of the human mind. A whos who in cognitive science describes the systems approach to understanding for practitioners not just of psychology but of computer science, artificial intelligence, and neural science." --John Tangney". . . [Gray] has provided a valuable framework in which models can be accommodated and integrated with a diversity ranging from those of the unmanned air vehicle operator or highway driver to those addressing the millisecond timing of attention switching. . . . The volume also does an admirable job in bringing applied researchers together with those interested in more basic cognitive phenomena, in a way that equally serves the interests of applications, and ofadvancing the fundamental theory of how the brain performs operations of perception, problem solving, action selection and task management. --Christopher D. Wickens, Senior Scientist, Alion Scienceand Technology MA&D Operation

• SECTION I: BEGINNINGS; SECTION II: SYSTEMS FOR MODELING INTEGRATED COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; SECTION III: VISUAL ATTENTION AND PERCEPTION; SECTION IV: ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON INTEGRATED COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; SECTION V: INTEGRATING EMOTIONS, MOTIVATION, AROUSAL INTO MODELS OF COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; SECTION VI: MODELING EMBODIMENT IN INTEGRATED COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; SECTION VII. COORDINATING TASKS THROUGH GOALS AND INTENTIONS; SECTION VII. TOOLS FOR ADVANCING INTEGRATED MODELS OF COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; SECTION XI. AFTERWORD