- Overview
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This book introduces a variety of fascinating cognitive science experiments that attempted to quantitatively measure human feelings and emotions. In doing so, the book also attempts to predict the future of the mind, through evolutions in science and technology.
- Book Intro
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Cognitive science is a discipline that seeks to approach the abstract realities of the mind more specifically through interdisciplinary research in various fields such as psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. Humans ask themselves many questions in their daily lives. Do I have free will? Is morality something that is inherent in all humans, or is it nurtured? These questions have traditionally been thought of as being in the philosophical or psychological realms, but when we apply humanistic insights and scientific methodologies to the human mind, we see new facts revealed that were not initially found through reflective and intuitive research means, and it has been found that scholars can make practical use of these newly discovered facts.
Cognitive Science Laboratory is an introductory book on cognitive science that describes various experiments in cognitive science that conceptually analyze and quantitatively measure the amorphous realities of the mind, and predict the future of the mind using advanced science and technology. Using scientific methodology does not mean we can get a definitive, either-or answer regarding our minds; however, cognitive science attempts at least to examine the reactions of our minds to various situations and conditions, and deliberate on the meanings of these responses to elaborate on our mind's complexity. Our minds are more than just electrical signals, and we can refer to these signals to gain a much better understanding of the mind. This book gives important insights that will help us better understand how the various effects on our cognition ultimately shape our behavior.
- About the Author
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Kim Hyoeun
The author is a scientific philosopher and an experimental philosopher who is currently working as a professor of humanities and culture at Hanbat University. She received a master's degree in cognitive science from the University of Washington, St. Louis, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology program, and a Ph.D. in consciousness research from Ewha Women's University. While studying philosophy at New York University, Duke University's Ethics Institute, and the ultra-disciplinary research team at the Academy of Higher Sciences, she studied neural correlators, perceptions, blindness, pain, moral sensibility, and data bias. As a member of the mixed realities subcommittee under the AI Ethics Committee of the International Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), she contributed to writing "Ethically Aligned Design."
