In this paper we present the ‘‘grounded adaptive agent’’ computational framework for studying the emergence of communication and language. This modeling framework is based on simulations of population of cognitive agents that evolve linguistic capabilities by interacting with their social and physical environment (internal and external symbol grounding). These models provide an integrative visi...

How are Chinese characters recognized and represented in the brain of skilled readers? Functional MRI fast adaptation technique was used to address this question. We found that neural adaptation effects were limited to identical characters in bilateral ventral visual system while no activation reduction was observed for partially overlapping characters regardless of the spatial location of the ...

Cultural construction has gradually become the focus of public with continuous improvement materials. The university campus culture an important symbol inheritance and construction. A good school cultural atmosphere a subtle positive impact on physical mental development students. In order maximize role in college education, quality effectiveness administrative management needs to be improved, ...

Background & Aims of the Study: Among the Iranians, scorpion is considered as one of the most important natural hazards and introduced as a dangerous animal. The outcome of this confrontation is to create stories and different beliefs about them .The primary aim of this study is to investigate and deliberate on the validity and fraudulence of these beliefs in how Iranian looked...

Graphic symbols are commonly used across countries in order to support individuals with communicative deficiency. The literature review revealed the absence of such a system for Turkish socio-cultural context. In this study, the aim was to develop a symbol system appropriate for the Turkish socio-cultural context. The process began with studies designed to delineate the scope of the proposed sy...

Public transport is often perceived to be a poor alternative for car use. This paper describes who may be open to use public transport more often, and how people might be persuaded to use it. A computerised questionnaire study was conducted among 1,803 Dutch respondents in May 2001. Results revealed that especially fervent car users disliked public transport. For them, the car outperformed publ...

The article presents the analysis and generalizations, scientific justifications views of scientists on sign-symbolic system. Under this system, "symbol" category "sign" are separated. sign is defined as a material definition, symbol treasure trove meanings, since it has unique ability not only to accumulate age-old values our predecessors, but also form new semantic constructs through disclosu...