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- Title
- Cognitive psychology does not reduce to neuroscience
- Related
- Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science (9th : 2009) (30 September - 2 October 2009 : Sydney)
- Related
- Christensen, Wayne; Schier, Elizabeth and Sutton, John. ASCS09 : proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science, p.41-48
- DOI
- 10.5096/ASCS20097
- Publisher
- North Ryde, NSW : Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science
- Date
- 2010
- FoR/RFCD Code(s)
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170200 Cognitive Sciences
170100 Psychology
- Author/Creator
- Colling, Lincoln J
- Author/Creator
- Roberts, Reece P
- Description
- Contemporary scientific investigations of the mind have increasingly looked towards the brain in order to explain intelligent behavior. This is most evident with the rise of cognitive neuro-imaging. This approach has, however, been met with mixed reactions. On the one hand, classical cognitive scientists - in the computationalist-functionalist tradition - have argued that cognitive neuro-imaging does not, and cannot, answer questions about the cognitive mechanisms that are responsible for creating intelligent behavior; it is limited to questions about neural function or the neural basis of cognition. On the other hand, there are those who argue that an understanding of intelligent behavior can only be gained through study of the brain. We suggest that both views are misguided. We will present a third option: That neuroscience, properly used, can be employed in the development of cognitive theory, but that cognitive science does not reduce to neuroscience, because intelligent behavior can only be understood by studying how the brain interacts with the body and the brain-body with the environment.
- Description
- 8 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 170200 Cognitive Sciences
- Subject Keyword
- 170100 Psychology
- Subject Keyword
- extended mind
- Subject Keyword
- reductionism
- Subject Keyword
- neuroscience
- Subject Keyword
- embodied cognition
- Resource Type
- ASCS09 : Proceedings Of The 9th Conference Of The Australasian Society For Cognitive Science
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/126963
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780646529189
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2009011768
- Language
- eng
- Rights
- Copyright 2009 by the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science. Publisher version archived with the permission of the Editor, ASCS09 : Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science. This copy is available for individual, non-commercial use. Permission to reprint/republish this version for other uses must be obtained from the publisher.
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