Distributed cognition

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Cognition ◽  
Integrated Systems ◽  
Cognitive Systems ◽  
Tightly Coupled ◽  
Key Dimensions

Synthesizing the domains of investigation highlighted in current research in distributed cognition and related fields, this paper offers an initial taxonomy of the overlapping types of resources which typically contribute to distributed or extended cognitive systems. It then outlines a number of key dimensions on which to analyse both the resulting integrated systems and the components which coalesce into more or less tightly coupled interaction over the course of their formation and renegotiation.

Couples as socially distributed cognitive systems: Remembering in everyday social and material contexts

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia B Harris ◽  
Amanda J Barnier ◽  
John Sutton ◽  
Paul G Keil
Keyword(s):  
Research Program ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Distributed Cognition ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Cognitive Systems ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Past Experiences

In everyday life remembering occurs within social contexts, and theories from a number of disciplines predict cognitive and social benefits of shared remembering. Recent debates have revolved around the possibility that cognition can be distributed across individuals and material resources, as well as across groups of individuals. We review evidence from a maturing program of empirical research in which we adopted the lens of distributed cognition to gain new insights into the ways that remembering might be shared in groups. Across four studies, we examined shared remembering in intimate couples. We studied their collaboration on more simple memory tasks as well as their conversations about shared past experiences. We also asked them about their everyday memory compensation strategies in order to investigate the complex ways that couples may coordinate their material and interpersonal resources. We discuss our research in terms of the costs and benefits of shared remembering, features of the group and features of the remembering task that influence the outcomes of shared remembering, the cognitive and interpersonal functions of shared remembering, and the interaction between social and material resources. More broadly, this interdisciplinary research program suggests the potential for empirical psychology research to contribute to ongoing interdisciplinary discussions of distributed cognition.

scholarly journals Children’s Picturebook Goes Digital: Implications on Cognition

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-127
Author(s):  
Thales Estefani ◽  
João Queiroz
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Cognition ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Cognitive Systems ◽  
Cognitive Artifacts ◽  
Digital Book ◽  
Definition Of

The objects of analysis in this article are digital picturebooks, which may be called e-picturebooks. This research contributes to a definition of e-picturebook as a distinct storytelling experience from printed picturebook, introducing distributed cognition as a new theoretical perspective for the analysis of the phenomenon. This perspective emphasizes cognitive systems related to specific features of this category of digital book. In this sense, picturebook and e-picturebook are defined as cognitive artifacts that constrain storytelling tasks very differently from each other, not only because of their constitutive features but also because of the cognitive systems involved in the understanding of stories in each medium.

Combining integrated systems-biology approaches with intervention-based experimental design provides a higher-resolution path forward for microbiome research

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Alfredo Blakeley-Ruiz ◽  
Carlee S. McClintock ◽  
Ralph Lydic ◽  
Helen A. Baghdoyan ◽  
James J. Choo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systems Biology ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Integrated Systems ◽  
Microbiome Research ◽  
Constructive Criticism

Abstract The Hooks et al. review of microbiota-gut-brain (MGB) literature provides a constructive criticism of the general approaches encompassing MGB research. This commentary extends their review by: (a) highlighting capabilities of advanced systems-biology “-omics” techniques for microbiome research and (b) recommending that combining these high-resolution techniques with intervention-based experimental design may be the path forward for future MGB research.

A distributed cognition approach to understanding information transfer in mission critical domains

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayse P. Gurses ◽  
Yan Xiao ◽  
Paul Gorman ◽  
Brian Hazlehurst ◽  
Grant Bochicchio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Cognition ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Mission Critical
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