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Dynamic Cognitive Processes

Edited by Nobuo Ohta, Edited by Colin M. MacLeod, Edited by Bob Uttl

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The conference from which this book derives took place in Tsukuba, Japan in March 2004. The fifth in a continuing series of conferences, this one was organized to examine dynamic processes in ""lower order"" cognition from perception to attention to memory, considering both the behavioral and the neural levels. We were fortunate to attract a terrific group of conÂ tributors representing five countries, which resulted in an exciting conferÂ ence and, as the reader will quickly discover, an excellent set of chapters. In Chapter 1, we will provide a sketchy ""road map"" to these chapters, eluÂ cidating some of the themes that emerged at the conference. The conference itself was wonderful. We very much enjoyed the variÂ ety of viewpoints and issues that we all had the opportunity to grapple with. There were lively and spirited exchanges, and many chances to talk to each other about exciting new research, precisely what a good conferÂ ence should promote. We hope that the readers of this book will have the same experienceâ€”moving from careful experimental designs in the cogniÂ tive laboratory to neural mechanisms measured by new technologies, from the laboratory to the emergency room, from perceptual learning to changes in memory over decades, all the while squarely focusing on how best to explain cognition, not simply to measure it. Ultimately, the goal of science is, of course, explanation. We also hope that the reader will come away absolutely convinced that cognition is a thoroughly dynamic, interactive system.