FIRST ASSIGNMENT Dr. Tom Froese. Course examinations Partial exam (around end of March) Short written essay 25% of course grade Scientific formatting.

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1 FIRST ASSIGNMENT Dr. Tom Froese

2 Course examinations Partial exam (around end of March) Short written essay 25% of course grade Scientific formatting and referencing Theme: why new approaches to cognitive science? Final exam (around end of May) Long written essay 75% of course grade Scientific formatting and referencing Theme: potential applications to your area of interest? Preferably written in English, but Spanish is OK.

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4 Instrucciones para envío de trabajos Los resúmenes deberán ser "en extenso", teniendo un mínimo de 1,550 palabras (aproximadamente 5 cuartillas) y un máximo de 3100 palabras incluyendo referencias. Se puede incluir sólo una tabla, figura o gráfica en formato JPG con una resolución de 640 por 480 pixeles (puede copiar y pegar su texto directamente de un archivo en word). Los trabajos teóricos desarrollan bases teóricas que tienen un aporte innovador y constituyen el corazón del trabajo de la investigación.

5 Instrucciones para envío de trabajos necesitará capturar el título del trabajo, autor principal, coautor o coautores, palabras claves y una tabla o gráfica si así lo requiere. Deberán contener los apartados de Introducción, Desarrollo, Conclusiones y Bibliografía (máximo 5, siguiendo el formato APA 6ª edición). El comité científico valorará la estructura de su trabajo, la ortografía y sintaxis, la coherencia, su originalidad y contribución al conocimiento, y de manera particular, evaluará el aporte a la correlación entre distintas disciplinas y su reflexión hacia la transdisciplinareidad en la investigación psicológica.

6 Document style and layout 1. Article title 2. Author’s full name 3. Institutional affiliation and e-mail 4. Short abstract (ca. 150 words) 5. Main text Introduction Development Conclusions References No fancy fonts! Everything in 12pt; only title and section headings in bold; items 1-3 centered; the rest justified to both ends of page; single spaced lines.

7 APA style of citation Specific referencing Froese and Ziemke (2009) argued that… It has been claimed that the “field of artificial intelligence (AI) has undergone some important developments in the last two decades” (Froese and Ziemke 2009, p. 466). General referencing The future of research in artificial life looks promising (Aguilar, Santamaría-Bonfil, Froese and Gershenson 2014). Later abbreviated: The field of artificial life also has a complex history (Aguilar et al. 2014). Several references as a list: The enactive approach sometimes makes use of evolutionary robotics (e.g., Froese and Ziemke 2009; Di Paolo et al. 2010).

8 List of references The list of references appears at the end of the document. References are listed by authors alphabetically. Make sure all citations of the main text are included in the list of references and that all references are actually cited in the main text (no citations in abstract!). Example:

9 APA style of references Books: Varela, F. J., Thompson, E., & Rosch, E. (1991). The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journal articles: Aguilar, W., Santamaría-Bonfil, G., Froese, T. & Gershenson, C. (2014). The past, present, and future of artificial life. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 1(8). doi: 10.3389/frobt.2014.00008 Froese, T., & Ziemke, T. (2009). Enactive artificial intelligence: Investigating the systemic organization of life and mind. Artificial Intelligence, 173(3-4), 366-500 Book chapters: Di Paolo, E. A., Rohde, M., & De Jaegher, H. (2010). Horizons for the enactive mind: Values, social interaction, and play. In J. Stewart, O. Gapenne & E. A. Di Paolo (Eds.), Enaction: Toward a New Paradigm for Cognitive Science (pp. 33-87). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press

10 Structure of partial exam Short written essay 25% of total course grade Scientific formatting and referencing Theme: why new approaches to cognitive science? Correct formatting: 50% of this grade Academic content: 50% of this grade Plagiarizing: 0%! To reproduce or otherwise use (the words, ideas, or other work of another) as one's own or without attribution. Deadline: March 17 (3 weeks from now) Send PDF to t.froese@gmail.com before March 17!t.froese@gmail.com

11 Topic of this short essay General theme: why are there new approaches to cognitive science? What are the origins of cognitive science? What are some of the historical precursors? How is the field related to robotics and AI? How can robotics and AI contribute to cognitive science? What were the main ideas and assumptions of classical cognitive science, robotics and AI? How have these ideas and assumptions changed over the years? Why did these changes happen? What was the role of robotics and AI in making these changes happen?