This volume explores abductive cognition, an important but, at least until the third quarter of
the last century, neglected topic in cognition. The book aims at increasing knowledge about …

In his international bestseller The Power of Habit, Pulitzer Prize-winner Charles Duhigg
explained why we do what we do. Now he applies the same relentless curiosity and …

What is the relation between the material, conventional symbol structures that we encounter
in the spoken and written word, and human thought? A common assumption, that structures …

The experience of inner speech is a common one. Such a dialogue accompanies the
introspection of mental life and fulfills essential roles in human behavior, such as self …

What is the role of language in social interaction? What does language bring to social
encounters? We argue that language can be conceived of as a tool for interacting minds …

This paper is a review of the work that has been carried out on machine consciousness. A
clear overview of this diverse field is achieved by breaking machine consciousness down …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• The author of The Power of Habit and
Supercommunicators and “master of the life hack”(GQ) explores the fascinating science of …

This paper aims to discuss the possible role of inner speech in influencing trust in human–
automation interaction. Inner speech is an everyday covert inner monolog or dialog with …

Cognitive Robotics can be defined as the study of cognitive phenomena by their modeling in
physical artifacts such as robots. This is a very lively and fascinating field which has already …

A cognitive architecture for inner speech is presented. It is based on the Standard Model of
Mind, integrated with modules for self-talking. Briefly, the working memory of the proposed …