The recognition and assessment of cognitive (and ultimately intelligent) interaction require transmission of information, or communication. We distinguish between the evaluation of cognition as a peer and as an observer, and analyse several issues that might cause a failure in recognising (and properly assessing) cognition, such as the interface, the time and space resolution, the observer’s li...

This paper develops a comparative framework for analysing mobile service innovations in Japan and Europe between 2000 and 2006. Concepts of Information System (IS) service innovation are defined and the dynamic capabilities model together with three perspectives on context is used to discuss the fundament for the firm’s business models. We also discuss how this study lens could generate contras...

Society depends on knowledge workers (KWs) to identify, characterize and propose solutions to the many significant challenges it faces. KWs contend with ever changing information technology (IT) and bemoan ”information overload.” They commonly consult literature (e.g., Allen, 2001) and use productivity software that, regrettably, fail to leverage key findings in cognitive science. Can cognitive...

In this paper, we discuss impacts of cognitive artifact design on scaffolding minds in the information age. The design of most artifacts to support human information seeking is based on capturing and representing so-called information needs. However, utility of such representations is naturally limited in information seeking contexts, and so are representation-based approaches to support inform...

For a considerable amount of time the field of information science has employed its own, as well as the knowledge bases and methods of other fields (with productive results). One field that has been appropriated from has been cognitive science. Cognitive science, however, has been in flux over the last few decades, with different conceptual frameworks assuming ascendance at various times. That ...

We present integration mechanisms for combining heterogeneous components in a situated information processing system, illustrated by a cognitive robot able to collaborate with a human and display some understanding of its surroundings. These mechanisms include an architectural schema that encourages parallel and incremental information processing, and a method for binding information from disti...

Information seeking is suggested as an important precursor of self-protective behavior. Therefore, ways of enhancing information seeking are expected to help individuals’ precautionary action under conditions of risk. Builds upon previous efforts, a social-cognitive model of risk information seeking is constructed, presenting a new approach to meet the aforementioned expectation. Data were coll...

Introduction. This article results from a qualitative case study focusing on the information seeking practices of environmental activists. The main attention was devoted to their perceptions of media credibility and cognitive authority in the context of seeking orienting information about environmental issues in particular. Method. The empirical data were gathered in 2005 by semistructured inte...

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...

This paper discusses the role of cultural anthropology in Cognitive Science. Culture is described as a very large pool of information passed along from generation to generation, composed of learned "programs" for action and understanding. These cultural programs differ in important ways from computer programs. Cultural programs tend to be unspecified and inexplicit rather than clearly stated al...