Subject: 'Mind as Motion' annct & web page From: Dan Ellis <dpwe(at)MEDIA.MIT.EDU> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 09:27:43 -0500Dear LIST - I was sent then enclosed book announcement by Bob Port of Indiana University <port(at)indiana.edu>, for forwarding to the list. DAn. ------- Forwarded Message Book announcement ::: Available now. `MIND AS MOTION: EXPLORATIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF COGNITION' edited by Robert Port and Tim van Gelder Bradford Books/MIT Press. >From the dust jacket: `Mind as Motion is the first comprehensive presentation of the dynamical approach to cognition. It contains a representative sampling of original current research on topics such as perception, motor control, speech and language, decision making, and development. Included are chapters by pioneers of the approach, as well as others applying the tools of dynamics to a wide range of new problems. Throughout, particular attention is paid to the philosophical foundations of this radical new research program. Mind as Motion provides a conceptual and historical overview of the dynamical approach, a tutorial introduction to dynamics for cognitive scientists, and a glossary covering the most frequently used terms. Each chapter includes an introduction by the editors, outlining its main ideas and placing it in context, and a guide to further reading.' 668 pages, 139 illustrations ISBN 0-262-16150-8 $60.00 US For further information including the full text of the preface and a sample chapter introduction, see the web page at MIT Press: http://www-mitpress.mit.edu/mitp/recent-books/cog/mind-as-motion.html _________________________________________________ Chapter Titles and Authors 1.Tim van Gelder & Robert Port. Introduction: Its About Time: An Overview of the Dynamical Approach to Cognition. 2. Alec Norton. Dynamics: A Tutorial Introduction for Cognitive Scientists. 3. Esther Thelen. Time Scale Dynamics and the Development of an Embodied Cognition. 4. Jerome Busemeyer & James Townsend Dynamic Representation of Decision Making 5. Randall Beer Computational and Dynamical Languages for Autonomous Agents 6. Elliot Saltzman Dynamics and Coordinate Systems in Skilled Sensorimotor Activity 7. Catherine Browman & Louis Goldstein Dynamics and Articulatory Phonology 8. Jeffrey Elman Language as a Dynamical System 9. Jean Petitot Morphodynamics and Attractor Syntax 10. Jordan Pollack The Induction of Dynamical Recognizers 11. Paul van Geert Growth Dynamics in Development 12. Robert Port, Fred Cummins & Devin McAuley Naive Time, Temporal Patterns and Human Audition 13. Michael Turvey & Claudia Carello Some Dynamical Themes in Perception and Action 14. Geoffrey Bingham Dynamics and the Problem of Event Recognition 15. Stephen Grossberg Neural Dynamics of Motion Perception, Recognition Learning, and Spatial Attention 16. Mary Ann Metzger Multiprocess Models Applied to Cognitive and Behavioral Dynamics 17. Steven Reidbord & Dana Redington The Dynamics of Mind and Body During Clinical Interviews: Current Trends, Potential, and Future Directions 18. Marco Giunti Dynamical Models of Cognition 19. Glossary of Terminology in Dynamics _________________________________________________ At MIT Press, orders can be made by email at: mitpress-orders(at)mit.edu For general information re MIT Press, see: http://www-mitpress.mit.edu _________________________________________________ The editors welcome enquiries, discussion, critical feedback, etc. Robert Port Tim van Gelder Department of Linguistics Department of Philosophy Indiana University University of Melbourne Bloomington IN 47405 Parkville 3052 VIC USA AUSTRALIA port(at)indiana.edu tgelder(at)ariel.unimelb.edu.au - ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- End of Forwarded Message