Précis of Supersizing the mind: embodiment, action, and cognitive extension (Oxford University Press, NY, 2008)

Clark, Andy

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“…Cognitive processes comprise perception, reasoning and planning, decision-making, memory, embodied processes, motor behavior as well as September 15 | 4 cultural and social processes. Cognitive Science is the interdisciplinary field in science studying cognitive processes (Bechtel, Graham, 1998;Bechtel, Abrahamsen, 2002;Clark, 2001Clark, , 2008Friedenberg, Silverman, 2006;Thagard, 2005;Wilson, Keil, 1999). It comprises both human and animal cognition.…”

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“…From a cognitive science perspective (Bechtel, Graham, 1998;Clark, 2001;Friedenberg, Silverman, 2006;Stillings, 1995;and September 15 | 8 many others) it has become clear that an adequate understanding of innovation and knowledge creation processes can only be achieved by following the approaches of situated and extended cognition (Clark, 1997(Clark, , 2008Hutchins, 1995;Menary, 2010;Varela et al, 1991): namely, by limiting cognition not to the brain, but by extending the notion of cognition to the body as well as to its environment ("mind leaks into the environment"). Hence, cognition is understood as a process of interaction between internal cognitive/neural processes and the cognitive system's environment-there is a closed feedback-loop between processes of perception, (internal) cognition, action, and the environmental dynamics.…”

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“…According to the insights from the extended and situated cognition approach (Clark, 2008;Menary, 2010) the September 15 | 9 concept of Enabling Spaces takes the following issue very seriously: for successful innovation work it is necessary to provide specific enabling environments in order to satisfy this need for supporting the cognitive and knowledge processes being involved in this kind of work. In this section we are going to take a brief look at the most important conceptual roots of Enabling Spaces and develop their dimensions.…”

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“…Cognition (and its interaction with the environment; cf. Clark's (2008) extended cognition approach; (Varela et al, 1991)) is the source of new knowledge. Hence, it is the cognitive space which has to be taken into account when thinking about Enabling Spaces.…”

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Why space matters for collaborative innovation networks: on designing enabling spaces for collaborative knowledge creation

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2014

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Abstract. As opposed to managing or controlling innovation processes, this paper proposes the notion of enabling as a more suitable approach to innovation. As a consequence, the concept of Enabling Spaces is introduced as a space that is designed in such a way that it enables and facilitates processes of collaborative knowledge creation and innovation. In that context a rather broad notion of space is applied: It goes far beyond architectural/physical space by integrating social, cognitive, emotional, organizational, and epistemological dimensions in an interdisciplinary manner. Both the theoretical background and the methodological approach and design process will be presented. Furthermore, we will discuss a case for an Enabling Space which functions as a collaborative innovation network. It will turn out that Enabling Spaces and Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs) share a lot of characteristics, attitudes, and values.

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Section: Cognitive Foundations Of Enabling Spaces: the Extended Cognimentioning

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2014

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“…) According to this view, creativity was a product of the mind instantiated in the neural processes of the brain. More recently, however, considerable debate has been generated about the precise location of the mind, and whether it is situated in the brain (Noe, 2009;Clark, 2008;Hameroff, 2007). The implications of so-called 'extended' or 'enactive' theories of mind are potentially important for topics like creativity as they introduce the idea of interplay between the brain, body and environment.…”

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Modal preferences in creative problem solving

2012

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Abstract.Embodied cognitive science appeals to the idea that cognition depends on the body as well as the brain. This study looks at whether we are more likely to engage just the brain or enlist the body for complex cognitive functioning such as creative problem solving. Participants were presented with a puzzle based on De Bono's lateral thinking puzzles. The puzzle consisted of rotating and joining two-dimensional shapes to make a three dimensional one. In one condition participants were given the choice of either solving the puzzle mentally or through manipulation of the images on a computer screen. In another condition the subjects had to solve the puzzle first mentally and then report which mode they would have preferred to solve the puzzle. Two more conditions were applied with slight variations. In all conditions an overwhelming majority of participants chose to solve the puzzle by manipulation, even though there was not a significant increase on performance. It appeared that participants were making a conscious choice for the body to play a feedback-driven role in creative cognitive processing. This strong preference for manual manipulation over just mental representation, regardless of the impact on performance, would seem to suggest that it is our natural tendency to involve the body in complex cognitive functioning. This would support the theory that cognition may be more than just a neural process, that it is a dynamic interplay between body, brain and world. The experiential feedback of the body moving through space and time may be an inherently important factor in creative cognition.

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Adjustable properties of visual representations: Improving the quality of human‐information interaction

Parsons

Sedig

2014

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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Complex cognitive activities, such as analytical reasoning, problem solving, and sense making, are often performed through the mediation of interactive computational tools. Examples include visual analytics, decision support, and educational tools. Through interaction with visual representations of information at the visual interface of these tools, a joint, coordinated cognitive system is formed. This partnership results in a number of relational properties-those depending on both humans and tools-that researchers and designers must be aware of if such tools are to effectively support the performance of complex cognitive activities. This article presents 10 properties of interactive visual representations that are essential and relational and whose values can be adjusted through interaction. By adjusting the values of these properties, better coordination between humans and tools can be effected, leading to higher quality performance of complex cognitive activities. This article examines how the values of these properties affect cognitive processing and visual reasoning and demonstrates the necessity of making their values adjustable-all of which is situated within a broader theoretical framework concerned with human-information interaction in complex cognitive activities. This framework can facilitate systematic research, design, and evaluation in numerous fields including information visualization, health informatics, visual analytics, and educational technology.

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Précis of Supersizing the mind: embodiment, action, and cognitive extension (Oxford University Press, NY, 2008)

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Why space matters for collaborative innovation networks: on designing enabling spaces for collaborative knowledge creation

Why space matters for collaborative innovation networks: on designing enabling spaces for collaborative knowledge creation

Modal preferences in creative problem solving

Adjustable properties of visual representations: Improving the quality of human‐information interaction

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