Department of Mathematics
Texas A & M - Commerce
Student/Faculty Colloquium
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Binnion 301, 2:00-2:50pm
Shulan Lu,
Texas A & M-Commerce
will speak on:
Embodiment in Complex Systems: Perceiving and Enacting Actions in Virtual Environments
Abstract:
Classic cognitive science on higher level cognition investigated sensors and effectors
in relative isolation. In contrast, embodied cognitive science takes the stance that
the body, and the environment which it inhabits, are tightly coupled with the mind, and
together they form a complex system for perception and action. There are significant
differences in perceptual and motor feedback between the real versus virtual
environments. In this talk, we will look at two questions: (a) whether there are
tangible differences in how people perceive and enact actions in real versus virtual
environments; (b) what conditions might promote perceiving and enacting actions in real
versus virtual environments.