Browsing Rensselaer Libraries by Subject "Cognitive science"
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A formal and neuroscientific investigation of the differences between normatively correct and incorrect human reasoning
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A framework for representing and jointly reasoning over linguistic and non-linguistic knowledge
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A methodology for evaluation of provenance-based user interfaces
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-12)The Merriam Webster English Dictionary defines provenance as: (i) the origin or source of something; (ii) the history of ownership of a valued object or work of art or literature. In its earliest usage, the provenance of ... -
A unified theory of ellipsis through contrast
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Actionability and incremental interpretation
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2018-05)Language understanding has traditionally been viewed in AI research as an input preprocessing step, which translates unstructured text into some formal representation — prerequisite for downstream reasoning and action ... -
Algorithms for discovering hidden groups in communications
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Analyzing the effects of instrumental and cognitive workload on the control of cognition at the time scale of interactive behavior
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Anticipation from biological motion : the goalkeeper problem
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Automated protocol analysis for extracting first-pass descriptive cognitive models from human experimental data
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Beyond bounded rationality : towards a computationally rational theory of motor control
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-12)Limitations in human information processing have been well documented, though remain less understood in terms of how cognitive systems adapt to information processing constraints. To address this challenge, a growing body ... -
Cognitive control of saccadic behavior in the antisaccade task : a model of voluntary and involuntary eye movements
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2016-05)An important question now is how does a system based on automatic (involuntary) saccade timing still allow for top-down (voluntary) control, like that which is needed in the antisaccade task? In order to test this idea, a ... -
Cognitive illusions and the lying machine : a blueprint for sophistic mendacity
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Computer assisted labeling of humpback whales and whale sharks
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-12)Efficient classification of animal images is important to the study of animal populations. In this thesis we will present solutions for two different problems in animal classification. The first problem is humpback whale ... -
Corpus development methodologies in service of a microtheory of metaphor
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-08)This thesis presents a research methodology for building a microtheory of metaphors in the OntoAgent cognitive architecture. The microtheory is a computer-tractable description of metaphors that guides an artificial ... -
Detecting overlapped functional clusters in resting state fMRI with connected iterative scan
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Discovering optical control strategies : a data-mining approach
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-05)A major focus of research into visually guided action (VGA) is the identification of control strategies that map optical information to actions. The traditional approach to this research has been to test the behavioral ... -
Dynamics of individual learning
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-08)This work focuses on understanding how individuals learn complex tasks. Most real-world tasks that we learn and need help with, are complex. Yet most of our knowledge about human learning is based on simple tasks. We think ... -
Dynamics of investor attention on the social web
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-12)Leveraging statistical analysis of "Big Data" relevant to real investors, this dissertation investigates micro-structures, temporal dynamics, and market impacts of investors' selective attention. We construct a novel and ... -
Effects of past behavior
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-12)How does past behavior affect future choices? Several different answers exist in the decision-making and behavior change domains, but the focus of previous literature is on merely stating that past behavior can influence ... -
Effects of playing the video game Tetris on attention and processing speed
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2022-08)Previous research has examined the relationship between playing video games and different cognitive abilities. This dissertation investigated if playing the video game Tetris leads to enhanced cognitive abilities as measured ...