This survey presents an overview of the autonomous development of mental capabilities in
computational agents. It does so based on a characterization of cognitive systems as …

A concise introduction to a complex field, bringing together recent work in cognitive science
and cognitive robotics to offer a solid grounding on key issues. This book offers a concise …

New technologies in the field of neuroprosthetics and robotics are leading to the
development of innovative commercial products based on user-centered, functional …

While neuromorphic systems may be the ultimate platform for deploying spiking neural
networks (SNNs), their distributed nature and optimization for specific types of models …

Microglia function as the primary immune effector cells in the brain and play a pivotal role in
the neuroinflammatory processes which are critical component of neurodegenerative …

This book addresses the central role played by development in cognition. The focus is on
applying our knowledge of development in natural cognitive systems, specifically human …

A new method (Event‐Related Causality, ERC) is proposed for the investigation of functional
interactions between brain regions during cognitive processing. ERC estimates the …

Biological organisms have the ability to respond quickly to an ever-changing world. Because
this adaptability is so critical for survival, all vertebrates have sub-cortical structures, which …

This paper presents a parallel real time framework for emotions and mental states extraction
and recognition from video fragments of human movements. In the experimental setup …

Identifying the structure and dynamics of synaptic interactions between neurons is the first
step to understanding neural network dynamics. The presence of synaptic connections is …