Middle Eastern Studies

Sun, Ron Sun, Ron- Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, and connectionist models and hybrid systems. Computational approaches to con… Scaruffi, Piero Scaruffi, Piero- Information about Scaruffi's research and teaching activities in Cognitive Science, Psychology of Consciousness and Philosophy of Mind, and links to his papers, a… Coneural — Center for Cognitive and Neural Studies Coneural — Center for Cognitive and Neural Studies- Research center for computational embodied neuroscience. Director: Razvan Florian. Turner, Mark Turner, Mark- Professor and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Research focus is to study how human thought processes are different than other species w… Gregory, Richard Gregory, Richard- Influential researcher on perception and perceptual illusion. Site gives access to selected publications as well as his CV and animated demonstrations of signifi… Pylyshyn, Zenon W. Pylyshyn, Zenon W.- Visual attention and preattention, critique of "pictorial" theories of mental imagery, foundational issues in the computational theory of the architecture of c… Calvin, William H. Calvin, William H.- Theoretical neurophysiologist and popularizer. Author of "The Cerebral Code," "How Brains Think," "Conversations with Neil's Brain" and "A Brain for All Season… Cziko, Gary Cziko, Gary- Educational psychology. Darwinian approaches. (Univ. of Illinois, USA) Cave, Kyle R. Cave, Kyle R.- Cognitive psychology of visual cognition, including attention, imagery, and object recognition. Kirsh, David Kirsh, David- Representation in everyday activity, cognitive complexity. O'Regan, J. Kevin O'Regan, J. Kevin- Visual perception: "change blindness" (nice animated demos), active perception, eye movements, consciousness, and "the world as external memory". Koch, Christoph Koch, Christoph- Neuroscience and consciousness. Loftus, Elizabeth F. Loftus, Elizabeth F.- Psychology of memory, false memory, eyewitness testimony. Norman, Don Norman, Don- Author of The Design of Everyday Things, list of books and articles in human-centered design. Brooks, Rodney A. Brooks, Rodney A.- Embodied cognition in autonomous robots. (MIT, USA). Moravec, Hans Moravec, Hans- Mobile robots and their psychology.