This book presents an overview of the exciting, truly multidisciplinary research by neuroscientists and systems engineers in the emerging field of cognitive systems, providing a cross-disciplinary examination of this cutting-edge area of scientific research. This is a great example of where research in very different disciplines touches to create a new emerging area of research. The book illustrates some of the technical developments that could arise from our growing understanding of how living cognitive systems behave, and the ability to use that knowledge in the design of artificial systems. This unique book is of considerable interest to researchers and students in information science, neuroscience, psychology, engineering and adjacent fields. Represents a remarkable collection of relevant experts from both the life sciences and computer science Includes state-of-the-art reviews of topics in cognitive systems from both a life sciences and a computer science perspective Discusses the impact of this research on our lives in the near future.

Introduction: Brain Science and Information Technology -- Do They Add up? by Sir John Taylor -- Part 1: How to Design a Cognitive System. -- Introduction: How to Design a Cognitive System. -- Self-Organization in the Nervous System. -- Large-scale, Small-scale Systems. -- Part 2: Cognitive Systems in Touch with the World. -- Introduction: Cognitive Systems in Touch with the World. -- Representation. -- Sensory Processing. -- Speech and Language. -- Part 3: Cognitive Systems in Action. -- Introduction: Cognitive Systems need to Plan, to Interact with Others and to Act. -- Action. -- Social Cognition. -- Interaction, Planning and Motivation. -- Part 4: Memory. -- Introduction: Cognitive Systems Remember Experience. -- Learning and Memory. -- Memory, Reasoning and Learning. -- Part 5: Science Applied. -- Advanced Neuroscience Technologies. -- Applications and Impact.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Self-organization in the nervous system / David Willshaw -- Large-scale, small-scale systems / Jim Austin [and others] -- Representation / Vincent Walsh and Simon Laughlin -- Sensory processing / Lionel Tarassenko and Mike Denham -- Speech and language / William D. Marslen-Wilson -- Action / Philip Barnard and Peter Redgrave -- Social cognition / Uta Frith and Sarah-Jayne Blakemore -- Motivation, planning and interaction / Nicholas R. Jennings and Anthony G. Cohn [and others] -- Learning and memory / Richard Morris [and others] -- Memory, reasoning and learning / Kieron O'Hara [and others] -- Advanced neuroscience technologies / Bashir Ahmed [and others] -- Applications and impact / Bill Sharpe.

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