An ecological approach to cognitive (im)penetrability

An Ecological Approach to Cognitive Science{1}

[1] Cognitive science is ready for a major reconceptualization.(1) This is not at all because efforts by its practitioners have failed, but rather because so much progress has been made. The need for reconceptualization arises from the fact that this progress has come at greater cost than necessary, largely because of more or less philosophical (at least metatheoretical) straightjackets still w...

An ecological approach to cognitive enhancement: complex motor training.

Cognitive training has received a lot of attention recently, yielding findings that can be conflicting and controversial. In this paper, we present a novel approach to cognitive training based on complex motor activities. In a randomized controlled design, participants were assigned to one of three conditions: aerobic exercise, working memory training or designed sport--an intervention specific...

Autism, Social Comprehension, and Cognitive Impenetrability

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder featuring severe social and communicative deficits. Cognitive impenetrability is the inability of systems to be affected by an individual’s beliefs and desires. Individuals with autism have delayed performance on “mindreading” tasks. Mindreading is the interpretation of others which enables successful social interactions. This task performance is not corr...

Bio-ecological approach to cognitive assessment.

Because determining a child's educational program usually takes into consideration the child's cognitive functioning, it is vital that those who are involved in this enterprise recognize that many variables contribute to and explain performance. Thus, careful consideration, assessment, and planning are mandatory to plan a child's individual educational program. This article emphasizes that cogn...

Molyneux’s Question and Cognitive Impenetrability by John Campbell