Difference between revisions of "Distributed Cognition"
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| − | Distributed Cognition refers to a theory developed by the Psychologist Edwin Hutchins. Distributed Cognition is the idea that social groups have their own concept of cognition, separate from individual cognition- a group cognition. According to D.A Norman there are three key components | + | Distributed Cognition refers to a theory developed by the Psychologist Edwin Hutchins. Distributed Cognition is the idea that social groups have their own concept of cognition, separate from individual cognition- a group cognition. According to D.A Norman ("Representations in Distributed Cognitive Tasks", Cognitive Science, 18, 87-122, 1994), there are three key components: |
*Embodiment of information that is embedded in representations of interaction | *Embodiment of information that is embedded in representations of interaction | ||
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*Coordination of enaction among embodied agents | *Coordination of enaction among embodied agents | ||
| − | *Ecological contributions to a cognitive ecosystem" | + | *Ecological contributions to a cognitive ecosystem" |
Latest revision as of 06:50, 9 April 2012
Distributed Cognition refers to a theory developed by the Psychologist Edwin Hutchins. Distributed Cognition is the idea that social groups have their own concept of cognition, separate from individual cognition- a group cognition. According to D.A Norman ("Representations in Distributed Cognitive Tasks", Cognitive Science, 18, 87-122, 1994), there are three key components:
- Embodiment of information that is embedded in representations of interaction
- Coordination of enaction among embodied agents
- Ecological contributions to a cognitive ecosystem"
