Integrating Social Practice Theory in Agent-Based Models: A Review of Theories and Agents

Evidence-driven agent-based modeling plays a useful part in understanding social phenomena. By integrating social-cognitive theories in our agent models, we bear evidence from social and psychological studies on our models for human decision-making. Social practice theory (SPT) provides a socio-cognitive theory that emphasizes three...

Cognitive aspects of movement in urban design

The effects of observation of walking in a living room environment, on physical, cognitive, and quality of life related outcomes in older adults with dementia: A study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Background The number of older adults with dementia is expected to increase. Dementia is not only characterized by a decline in cognition, also other functions, for example, physical functioning change. A possible means to decrease the decline in these functions, or even improve them, could be increasing the amount of physical activity. A...

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Designing: Insights from weaving theories of cognition and design theories

This paper addresses the issue of ‘What is designing?’ from an unconventional perspective and aims to advance our understanding of what design really is. Designing has been studied from different perspectives but the underlying theoretical basis of studying the act has often been dispersed and not clear. To address these shortcomings, the paper...

Collaborative and cognitive network platforms: Vision and research challenges

In this paper, we present a visionary concept referred to as Collaborative and Cognitive Network Platforms (CCNPs) as a future-proof solution for creating a dependable, self-organizing and self-managing communication substrate for effective ICT solutions to societal problems. CCNP creates a cooperative communication platform to support critical...

Emphaty oriented 'creative' teaching and learning methodologies

Understanding learners’ minds has become one of the major issues of some methodologists in education system. The entire matter is learning. It seems obvious to me it is necessary to explain what learning is in terms of knowledge, in the widest sense. We should also try to find out what kind of cognitive structure is behind of it regarding all...

Issue-based research methods versus a single method for all subjects at hand

Along with the evolution, human kind has developed several methods to reach their goals. Many books and text are written to represent and express diverse ideas about this issue thanks to instinctive curiosity of mankind. These methods can vary from subjects to subjects. I will treat these above mentioned issue within this paper to exhibit an...

Product sounds: Fundamentals and application

Products are ubiquitous, so are the sounds emitted by products. Product sounds influence our reasoning, emotional state, purchase decisions, preference, and expectations regarding the product and the product's performance. Thus, auditory experience elicited by product sounds may not be just about the act of hearing or a sensory response to an...

What is on the machine's mind? Models for reasoning with incomplete and uncertain knowledge

In this thesis, which consists of two parts, two different subjects are discussed. In the first part of the thesis a logic for reasoning with inconsistent knowledge will be described. The second part of the thesis contains a proposal for to view a reasoning process as a process of constructing a partial model of the world we are reasoning about....

A model and experimental analysis of pilot decision making behaviour for various approach conditions

This report deals with an investigation of pilots' failure detection performance in a realistic moving-base flight simulator. The task considered was the monitoring of stabilized automatic approaches. Abnormal conditions (excessive windshears or system failures) were to be detected on the basis of unacceptable deviations of displayed variables...