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English Theme 45 3.6-3.9
Date: Apr 24, 2007Room: 8-405
Instructor: Mafuyu Kitahara
Material: Thelen, E. (1995) “Time-scale dynamics and the development of an embodied cognition” in R. Port and T. van Gelder (eds.) Mind as motion, Cambridge: MIT Press
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3.6 Embodied cognition
How do we make sense of the world?NOT through abstract logicBut via physical bodily experienceJohnson (1987): containment
Body in: cloth, room, vehicle…Objects in: cup, box, bag…Language: prepositionsLanguage: metaphor “leave out” = skip, delete, omit
Turner (1991): symmetry of bodyTalmy (1988): “force” in verbs
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3.7 Developmental dynamics
To reject Piadget’s objectivist Maturationist
Developmental data: compelling
The rest of this chapterFocus on “force” embodimentStructure:
Summary of dynamical systems approachExperimental studies on infantsTheoretical implications
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3.8 Dynamical systems
Human: complex+high-dimensional systemActual behavior: reduction of DF
Metaphor: mountain streamStream bed, water molecule, speed, temperature, wind… too many degrees of freedomWhirl and eddy pattern only a few DF
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3.8 Potential well
Metaphor with a ball and gravityNeed perturbation (=shake it!) Simple combination of cosine curves
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3.8 Potential wells in time
Array of potential wells landscapeEvolving and dissolving attractors along the time lineDevelopment of:
Rolling overSittingStandingWalkingRunning … etc