In the last two decades several theoretical and computational models have been inspired, directly or indirectly, by theories of sensorimotor and cognitive development (Bates, 1979; Bickhard, 1998; Piaget, 1954) that describe schematic structures, or ‘schemas’, as crucial in behavior and cognition. The term ‘schema’ was firstly introduced by Bartlett (1932) to mean a map or structure of knowledg...

Expertise in topographic map reading is dependent on efficient processing of geographical information presented in a standardised map format. Studies have supported the proposition that expert map readers employ cognitive schemas in which prototypical configurations held in long term memory are employed during the surface search of map features to facilitate map comprehension. Within the expert...

Objective: Depressed patients harbor maladaptive schemas that distort social reality and impaired facial expression recognition. Thus, this study aims at identifying specific associations among depressive symptoms, early maladaptive schemas, and patterns of for recognizing facially expressed emotions. Methods: 100 subjects diagnosed with depressive symptoms were selected from a larger statisti...

The challenge addressed by this research project is to create a hybrid cognitive architecture that will possess key features of human higher cognition. Our approach is based on the integration of symbolic and connectionist components at the top representational level. The framework of schemas, which is the base of this architecture, is described in the context of integration with neuromorphic c...

Natural language understanding remains one of the weak spots of Artificial Intelligence and cognitive systems in general. In cognitive linguistics, image schemas were introduced as spatio-temporal relations learned from sensorimotor processes that constitute conceptual building blocks for highlevel cognition, such as language and reasoning. In this role, they have been successfully employed in ...

This study investigated relationships between attachment insecurity, maladaptive cognitive schemas, and various types of psychopathological symptoms in a sample of clinically referred adolescents (N = 82). A mediation model was tested in which maladaptive schemas operated as mediators in the relations between indices of attachment quality and conduct, peer, and emotional problems. Results revea...