One of the difficulties that I faced when I joined Cognitive Neurorobotics lab was that I wasn’t familiar with the terms used in the lab. Some terms are from the field of dynamics and some other terms were “coined” by my advisor (Prof. Tani). So, it took me quite a time to understand them. I guess it might be a bit more difficult for other people sometimes.
So, I’d like to briefly explain those terms that can be frequently found in my studies on “cognitive neurorobotics” or in Tani’s book (“Exploring Robotic Minds Actions, Symbols, and Consciousness as Self-Organizing Dynamic Phenomena”). This post is targeted to the general audiences (someone like me five years ago). So those terms won’t be explained in a great detail. Instead, I’ll just try to give a general idea about them.
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