Dynamic Thinking

Gregor Schöner is a Professor and Chair of Theory of Cognitive Systems as well as the Director at the Institut für Neuroinformatik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum.John P. Spencer is a Professor of Psychology at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK.

"A thorough and systematic introduction to dynamic field theory and its applications to perception, cognition, and action. This book will allow students and researchers interested in this important modeling framework to learn all about it, and join in its future development. "-Jay McClelland, Director, Center for Mind, Brain, and Computation, Stanford University

• Contributors Abbreviations General Introduction John Spencer and Gregor Schöner Part 1 Integrating Lower-Level Perception-Action with Higher-Level CognitionIntroduction to Part 1 Gregor Schöner and John P. Spencer Chapter 1: The Dynamics of Neural Activation Variables Gregor Schöner, Hendrik Reimann, and Jonas LinsChapter 2: Dynamic Field Theory Gregor Schöner and Anne SchutteChapter 3: The Ties of DFT to Neurophyisology Sebastian Schneegans, Jonas Lins, and Gregor SchönerChapter 4: Embodied Neural Dynamics Gregor Schöner, Christian Faubel, Evelina Dineva, and Estela Bicho Part 2 Integrating Lower-Level Perception-Action with Higher-Level CognitionIntroduction to Part 2 John P. Spencer and Gregor SchönerChapter 5: Integration and Selection in Multi-Dimensional Dynamic Fields. Sebastian Schneegans, Jonas Lins, and John P. SpencerChapter 6: Integrating Perception and Working Memory in a Three-Layer Dynamic Field Model Jeffrey S. Johnson and Vanessa R. SimmeringChapter 7: Sensory-Motor and Cognitive Transformation Sebastian SchneegansChapter 8: Integrating "What" and "Where": Visual Working Memory for Objects in a Scene Sebastian Schneegans, John P. Spencer, and Gregor SchönerChapter 9: Dynamic Scene Representations and Autonomous Robotics Stephan K. U. Zibner and Christian Faubel Part 3 Integrating Thinking over Multiple TimescalesIntroduction to Part 3 John P. Spencer and Gregor SchönerChapter 10: Developmental Dynamics: The Spatial Precision Hypothesis Vanessa Simmering and Anne SchutteChapter 11: A Process View of Learning and Development in an Autonomous Exploratory System Sammy Perone and Joseph P. AmbroseChapter 12: Grounding Word Learning in Space and TimeLarissa K. Samuelson and Christian FaubelChapter 13: The Emergence of Higher-level Cognitive Flexibility: DFT and Executive Function Aaron T. Buss, Timothy Wifall, and Eliot HazeltineChapter 14: Autonomous Sequence Generation in Dynamic Field Theory Yulia Sandamirskaya Conclusions: A 'How-to' Guide to Modeling with Dynamic Field Theory Joseph Ambrose, Sebastian Schneegans, Gregor Schöner, and John P. Spencer