A theory of conceptual development must specify the innate representational primitives, must characterize the ways in which the initial state differs from the adult state, and must characterize the processes through which one is transformed into the other. The Origin of Concepts (henceforth TOOC) defends three theses. With respect to the initial state, the innate stock of primitives is not limi...

Emotion and Decision-Making Explained aims to explain and advance understanding of emotion and decision-making at two levels of explanation. One is the proximate, mechanistic level of explanation, in terms of brain mechanisms. In terms of decision-making, this results in emphasis on biologically plausible integrate-and-fire models of the attractor neuronal network processes that underlie decisi...

Machine perception technologies have the potential to revolutionize the fields of health, individual and public safety, marketing, education, and art. But for all their potential, existing machine perception technologies are insufficient. The aim of Active Perception is to contribute to the scientific understanding of perceptual intelligence in humans, and its synthesis in machines. Attempts to...