A Robot Has a Mind of Its Own Because We Intuitively Share It

We perceive a mind in a robot when we help it

People sometimes perceive a mind in inorganic entities like robots. Psychological research has shown that mind perception correlates with moral judgments and that immoral behaviors (i.e., intentional harm) facilitate mind perception toward otherwise mindless victims. We conducted a vignette experiment (N = 129; Mage = 21.8 ± 6.0 years) concerning human-robot interactions and extended previous r...

An arm with a mind of its own.

C3, 4' -Fz A sixty seven year old, retired steel worker said that his left arm did not seem to belong to him any longer and that it “did what it liked”. The problem had developed insidiously, and had been progressing for about 3 months. His examination confirmed deaVerentation of his left arm, impaired two point discrimination, astereognosis, and dysgraphaesthesia. Myoclonic jerks of his arm we...

transference of imagery: a comparative formalistic study of shakespeares hamlet and its two persian translations

هدف از این تحقیق بررسی انتقال صور خیال هملت در دو ترجمه ی فارسی آن از نظر فرمالیستی بود. برای بدست آوردن داده-های مورد نیاز، 130 نمونه استعاره، مجاز، ایهام، کنایه و پارادوکس در متن اصلی مشخص شده و سپس بر اساس مدل نیومارک (1998) برای ترجمه ی استعاره یا بطور کلی زبان مجاز با معادل های فارسی شان مقایسه گردیدند. این تحقیق بر آن بود تا روش های استفاده شده برای ترجمه هر کدام از انواع زبان مجاز ذکر شد...

Review of A Mind of Its Own. Tourette’s Syndrome: A Story and a Guide. By

EDITORIAL COMMENTARY Does the Market Have a Mind of Its Own, and Does It Get Carried Away With Excess Cash?

It has become an article of faith that the “invisible hand” of the free market sets prices with the collective wisdom of the body of traders. The success of the free market in providing stable consumer prices has enhanced the confidence in this idea. Within a very abstract sense, the price theory of consumer goods is similar to that of financial assets. Both are set by supply and demand for the...