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In this paper, we examine the motivations for research on cognitive architectures and review some candidates that have been explored in the literature. After this, we consider the capabilities that a cognitive architecture should support,... more
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      Cognitive ScienceArtificial IntelligenceCognitive ArchitecturesIntelligent Systems
For effective human-robot interaction, we argue that robots must gain social-cognitive mechanisms that allow them to function naturally and intuitively during social interactions with humans. However, a lack of consensus on social... more
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      RoboticsDesignCognitive ArchitecturesHuman Factors
In the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), efforts to achieve human-like behavior have taken very different paths through time. Cognitive Architectures (CAs) differentiate from traditional AI approaches, due to their intention to model... more
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      Cognitive ScienceCognitive ArchitecturesMethodologyCognition
Abstract Much discussion of emotions and related topics is riddled with confusion because the key words are used with different meanings by different authors. For instance, some fail to distinguish the concept of “emotion” from the more... more
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      EmotionArtificial IntelligenceCognitive ArchitecturesAffect/Emotion
For robot intelligence and human-robot interaction (HRI), complex decision-making, interpretation , and adaptive planning processes are great challenges. These require recursive task processing and meta-cognitive reasoning mechanism.... more
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      EngineeringRoboticsComputer ScienceArtificial Intelligence
Objective: In this paper, I present the ideas and trends that have given rise to the use of cognitive architectures in human factors, provide a cognitive-engineering-oriented taxonomy of these architectures, and a snapshot of their use... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesCognitive ModelingBounded RationalityExtended Mind Hypothesis
I argue that semantics is the study of the proprietary database of a centrally inaccessible and informationally encapsulated input–output system. Its role is to encode and decode partial and defeasible evidence of what speakers are... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesSemanticsContextSemantics/Pragmatics interface
This paper critically examines Apperly and Butterfill’s parallel ‘two systems’ theory of mindreading and argues instead for a cooperative multi-systems architecture. The minimal mindreading system (system 1) described by Butterfill and... more
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      Developmental PsychologyCognitive ArchitecturesSocial CognitionTheory of Mind
We present a storytelling robot, controlled via the ACT-R cognitive architecture, able to adopt different persuasive techniques and ethical stances while conversing about some topics concerning COVID-19. The main contribution of the paper... more
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      Cognitive ScienceArtificial IntelligenceCognitive ArchitecturesPersuasion (Psychology)
In this paper, a multilevel cognitive architecture is introduced that can be used to model mental processes in clients of psychotherapeutic sessions. The architecture does not only cover base level mental processes but also mental... more
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      PsychiatrySelf and IdentityCognitive ArchitecturesPhilosophy of Psychiatry (Philosophy)
A cognitive architecture is presented for modelling some properties of sensorimotor learning in infants, namely the ability to accumulate adaptations and skills over multiple tasks in a manner which allows recombination and re-use of task... more
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      RoboticsCognitive ArchitecturesEvolutionary algorithmsIntrinsic motivation
In this paper we identify and characterize an analysis of two problematic aspects affecting the representational level of cognitive architectures (CAs), namely: the limited size and the homogeneous typology of the encoded and processed... more
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      Cognitive ScienceComputer ScienceArtificial IntelligenceAutomated Reasoning (Computer Science)
In order to explain the effects found in the heuristics and biases literature, dual-process theories of reasoning claim that human reasoning is of two kinds: Type-1 processing is fast, automatic, and associative, while Type-2 reasoning is... more
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      Cognitive PsychologyCognitive ScienceCognitive ArchitecturesBounded Rationality
Theories of personality traits refer to qualitatively different explanatory mechanisms, limiting prospects for a consensual paradigm. This article presents a trilevel cognitive science analysis that distinguishes multiple, qualitatively... more
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      Cognitive SciencePersonality PsychologyCognitive ArchitecturesTheories Of Personality
We present a successful design approach for social robotics based on a computational cognitive architecture and mental simulation. We discuss an approach to a Theory of Mind known as a “like-me” simulation in which the agent uses its own... more
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      Cognitive SciencePhilosophy of MindPhilosophy of ScienceCognitive Architectures
The paper proposes a novel cognitive architecture (CA) for computational creativity based on the Psi model and on the mechanisms inspired by dual process theories of reasoning and rationality. In recent years, many cognitive models have... more
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      RoboticsCognitive ScienceComputer ScienceArtificial Intelligence
Error backpropagation is an extremely effective algorithm for assigning credit in artificial neural networks. However, weight updates under Backprop depend on lengthy recursive computations and require separate output and error messages... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesArtificial Neural NetworksDeep LearningCredit Assignment
The term " Cognitive Architectures " indicates both abstract models of cognition, in natural and artificial agents, and the software instantiations of such models which are then employed in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The... more
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      RoboticsArtificial IntelligenceCognitive ArchitecturesCognitive Robotics
In this article we present an advanced version of Dual-PECCS, a cognitively-inspired knowledge representation and reasoning system aimed at extending the capabilities of artificial systems in conceptual categorization tasks. It combines... more
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      Cognitive PsychologyCognitive ScienceComputer ScienceInformation Retrieval
— To simplify the usage of the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), extending their use to a great number of applications, fully autonomous operation is needed. There are many open-source architecture frameworks for UAS that claim the... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesAutonomous RoboticsAerial RoboticsCognitive Robotics
The mental rotation ability is an essential spatial reasoning skill in human cognition and has proven to be an essential predictor of mathematical and STEM skills, critical and computational thinking. Despite its importance, little is... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesCognitive ModelingSerious GamesSpatial cognition
In this paper we propose a computational framework aimed at extending the problem solving capabilities of cognitive artificial agents through the introduction of a novel, goal-directed, dynamic knowledge generation mechanism obtained via... more
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      Cognitive ScienceArtificial IntelligenceCreativity--Knowledge Invention & DiscoveryCognitive Architectures
Predictive approaches to the mind claim that perception, cognition, and action can be understood in terms of a single framework: a hierarchy of Bayesian models employing the computational strategy of predictive coding. Proponents of this... more
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      Philosophy of MindPerceptionCognitive ArchitecturesBayesian
Successfully explaining and replicating the complexity and generality of human and animal learning will require the integration of a variety of learning mechanisms. Here we introduce a computational model which integrates associative... more
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      Artificial IntelligenceCognitive ArchitecturesCognitive ModelingReinforcement Learning
We present the input to the discussion about the computational framework known as Common Model of Cognition (CMC) from the working group dealing with the knowledge/rational/social levels. In particular, we present a list of the higher... more
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      Cognitive ScienceArtificial IntelligenceCognitive ArchitecturesCognitive Modeling
Random number generation (RNG) is a complex cognitive task for human subjects, requiring deliberative control to avoid production of habitual, stereotyped sequences. Under various manipulations (e.g., speeded responding, transcranial... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesExecutive Functions (Cognitive Neuroscience)Random Number Generation
Across various fields it is argued that the self in part consists of an autobiographical self-narrative and that the self-narrative has an impact on agential behavior. Similarly, within action theory, it is claimed that the intentional... more
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      Cognitive ScienceArtificial IntelligencePhilosophy of MindPhilosophy of Action
The authors present a remarkable site with a remarkable interpretation: a structured platform of dugong bones, containing skulls laid in parallel and ribs in sets, together with artefacts of the Neolithic period. They propose that the... more
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      Organizational BehaviorArchitectural EngineeringReligionSumerian Religion
The paper introduces an extension of the proposal according to which conceptual representations in cognitive agents should be intended as heterogeneous proxytypes. The main contribution of this paper is in that it details how to... more
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      Cognitive ScienceArtificial IntelligencePhilosophy of MindAnalytic Philosophy
This paper introduces a cognitive architecture for a humanoid robot to engage in a proactive, mixed-initiative exploration and manipulation of its environment, where the initiative can originate from both the human and the robot. The... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesCognitive RoboticsHuman-Robot InteractionAutobiographical Memory
In this article we present DUAL-PECCS, an in- tegrated Knowledge Representation system aimed at extending artificial capabilities in tasks such as conceptual categorization. It relies on two different sorts of cognitively inspired... more
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      Cognitive ScienceArtificial IntelligenceCognitive ArchitecturesCognitive Modeling
In this paper a possible general framework for the representation of concepts in cognitive artificial systems and cognitive architectures is proposed. The framework is inspired by the so called proxytype theory of concepts and combines it... more
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      Cognitive ScienceArtificial IntelligencePhilosophy of MindPhilosophy of Science
Reinforcement learning (RL) models of decision-making cannot account for human decisions in the absence of prior reward or punishment. We propose a mechanism for choosing among available options based on goal-option association strengths,... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesCognitive ModelingReinforcement LearningAssociative Learning and Memory
The new relationship between users and assets through mobile service is changing the way to deliver services by smart devices. The research developed for the project SCUOLA – Smart Campus as Urban Open LAbs introduced the idea of creating... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesAdaptive ArchitectureSmart City
In this work, we present a distributed cognitive architecture used to control the traffic in an urban network. This architecture relies on a machine consciousness approach - Global Workspace Theory - in order to use competition and... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesMachine ConsciousnessA Multi-Agent Based Autonomous Traffic Lights Control System Using Fuzzy ControlCodelets
A Situated Conversational Assistant (SCA) is any system with sensing, acting and speech abilities, which engages in physically situated natural language conversation with human partners and assists them in tasks. Towards such assistants,... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesSemanticsTheory of MindCognitive Robotics
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      ReligionPsychologyCognitive PsychologySocial Psychology
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      Cognitive ScienceExperimental philosophySocial SciencesCognitive Architectures
The neural vehicles of mental representation play an explanatory role in cognitive psychology that their realizers do not. Cognitive psychology individuates neural structures as representational vehicles in terms of the specific causal... more
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      Philosophy of MindCognitive ArchitecturesPhilosophy of PsychologyMental Representation
In this paper, I describe, from the mechanistic point of view, unification strategies of explanation in cognitive science, as distinct from integration strategies.
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      Cognitive PsychologyCognitive ScienceCognitive ArchitecturesExplanation
The main motivation for this work is to investigate the advantages provided by machine consciousness, while in the control of software agents. In order to pursue this goal, we developed a cognitive architecture, with different levels of... more
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      RoboticsCognitive ArchitecturesComputational IntelligenceMachine Consciousness
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      Applied OntologyCognitive ArchitecturesConceptual ModellingFormal Ontology
Modular approaches to the architecture of the mind claim that some mental mechanisms, such as sensory input processes, operate in special-purpose subsystems that are functionally independent from the rest of the mind. This assumption of... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesBayesianCognitionModularity of Mind
""In this paper we present a cognitively inspired system for the representation of conceptual information in an ontology-based environment. It builds on the heterogeneous notion of concepts in Cognitive Science and on the so-called dual... more
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      Cognitive ScienceComputer ScienceArtificial IntelligenceExpert Systems
Human reactions appear to be controlled by two separate types of mental processes: one fast, automatic, and unconscious and the other slow, deliberate, and conscious. With the attention in the literature focused on the taxonomy of the two... more
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      Cognitive ScienceCognitive ArchitecturesCognitive Modeling
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      Artificial IntelligenceCognitive ArchitecturesCognitive ModelingEmbodiment
Although the need to remember to do things in the future is important and ubiquitous in human life, this phenomenon of prospective memory has received little attention in the cognitive modeling community. One roadblock is the lack of a... more
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      Cognitive ArchitecturesLong Term Memory
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      Cognitive ScienceSocial SciencesCognitive ArchitecturesAgent Based Simulation
In this paper we discuss some of the issues concerning the Memory and Content aspects in the recent debate on the identification of a Standard Model of the Mind (Laird, Lebiere, and Rosenbloom, in press). In particular we focus on the... more
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      Cognitive ScienceCognitive ArchitecturesCognitive ModelingRepresentations