A comprehensive survey of qualitative representations in cognitive maps is provided in this paper from spatial cognition perspective. The necessity of qualitative representation for robot navigation and map building is discussed with emphasis on different forms of qualitative information represented in different cognitive maps. By discussing the main spatial representations, which are topologic...

Cognitive maps are widely used for representing decision makers' mental maps and their strategies. However, the cognitive map analysis is usually constrained into the static analyis and has difficulty in exploring dynamic nature of decision makers' mental map. In this paper, a simulation method of cognitve map in the discipline of system dynamics is developed and discussed. In this paper, the c...

Recent research from a large number of fields has recently come together under the rubric of embodied cognitive science. Embodied cognitive science attempts to show specific ways in which the body shapes and constrains thought. I enumerate the standard variety of usages that the term “embodiment” currently receives in cognitive science and contrast notions of embodiment and experientialism at a...

OBJECTIVE Recent factor-analytic studies of obsessive-compulsive disorder identified consistent symptom dimensions. This study was designed in order to observe which obsessive compulsive symptom dimensions could be changed by adding two individual sessions of motivational interviewing and thought mapping of cognitive-behavioral group therapy using a randomized clinical trial. METHOD Forty out...

INTRODUCTION Communication in information systems (IS) research and practice is a social process that is characterized by ongoing sense making among various parties. In research, researchers must be able to fully understand research participants’ perceptions about a problem domain. In IS development and implementation, IS professionals and various stakeholders need to communicate effectively in...

Knowledge network is one of the new strategies of knowledge management and it,s rationale of it is create synergy effects through a combination of effective human resources knowledge workers and knowledge bases of allied companies. Today, the face of complex structural issues and various stakeholders,s views to it, leading to increase use of software systems, particularly in managerial issues t...