background and aim : )co-op( is a client-centered cognitive-based approach that focuses on individual abilities to achieve his/her functional goals. this approach is based on the assumption that cognition plays an important role in acquisition of functional skills, and is used to gain new skills and improve previous skills. the purpose of this paper is to systematically review studies on co-op ...

Kuhn (1965) and others have pointed out that when a major paradigm shift is occurring in an area, there tends to be a large number of new, competing, and most often partial models generated by the "new view" of "old" phenomena. The overgeneration of models leads to several major problems that cause great confusions, which in turn stagnates the new emerging paradigm. One strategy to prevent emer...

Information exchange is a key factor that determines how negotiation proceeds and further what type of outcomes can be obtained from such a dynamic process. Normal information exchange includes both formal offers during the process of negotiation and informal communication occurs during or after formal negotiation. This paper examines this process using a cognitive perspective and proposes that...

Attempts to augment the function of the human brain inevitably involve in some way what Block (1995) calls phenomenal consciousness—bodily sensations and perceptual experiences—the redness of a strawberry, the smell of newly-baked bread. At present there is no consensus among scientists about what such sensory experiences are. This Opinion piece points out some problems with one of the major th...

Many cognitive activities are irreducibly social, involving interaction between several different agents. We look at some examples of this in linguistic communication and games, and show how logical methods provide exact models for the relevant information flow and world change. Finally, we discuss possible connections in this arena between logico-computational approaches and experimental cogni...