Cognitive modeling, ecological psychology, and musical improvisation
Understanding novelty and improvisation in music requires gathering insight from a variety of disciplines. One fruitful path for synthesizing these insights is via modeling. As such, my aim in this paper is to start building a bridge between traditional cognitive models and contemporary embodied and...
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| description | Understanding novelty and improvisation in music requires gathering insight from a variety of disciplines. One fruitful path for synthesizing these insights is via modeling. As such, my aim in this paper is to start building a bridge between traditional cognitive models and contemporary embodied and ecological approaches to cognitive science. To achieve this task, I offer a perspective on a model that would combine elements of ecological psychology (especially affordances) and the Learning Intelligent Decision Agent (LIDA) cognitive architecture. Jeff Pressing’s cognitive model of musical improvisation will also be a central link between these elements. While some overlap between these three areas already exists, there are several points of tension between them, notably concerning the nature of perception and the function of artificial general intelligence modeling. I thus aim to alleviate the most worrisome concerns here, introduce several future research questions, and conclude with several points on how my account is part of a general theory, rather than merely a redescription of existent work. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef5d1bb76e824bacb5654198bf8234132023-08-18T04:56:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Robotics and AI2296-91442023-08-011010.3389/frobt.2023.11260331126033Cognitive modeling, ecological psychology, and musical improvisationKevin J. RyanUnderstanding novelty and improvisation in music requires gathering insight from a variety of disciplines. One fruitful path for synthesizing these insights is via modeling. As such, my aim in this paper is to start building a bridge between traditional cognitive models and contemporary embodied and ecological approaches to cognitive science. To achieve this task, I offer a perspective on a model that would combine elements of ecological psychology (especially affordances) and the Learning Intelligent Decision Agent (LIDA) cognitive architecture. Jeff Pressing’s cognitive model of musical improvisation will also be a central link between these elements. While some overlap between these three areas already exists, there are several points of tension between them, notably concerning the nature of perception and the function of artificial general intelligence modeling. I thus aim to alleviate the most worrisome concerns here, introduce several future research questions, and conclude with several points on how my account is part of a general theory, rather than merely a redescription of existent work.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2023.1126033/fullimprovisationcognitive modelecological psychologylearning intelligent decision agent (LIDA)affordancesmusic |
| spellingShingle | Kevin J. Ryan Cognitive modeling, ecological psychology, and musical improvisation Frontiers in Robotics and AI improvisation cognitive model ecological psychology learning intelligent decision agent (LIDA) affordances music |
| title | Cognitive modeling, ecological psychology, and musical improvisation |
| title_full | Cognitive modeling, ecological psychology, and musical improvisation |
| title_fullStr | Cognitive modeling, ecological psychology, and musical improvisation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive modeling, ecological psychology, and musical improvisation |
| title_short | Cognitive modeling, ecological psychology, and musical improvisation |
| title_sort | cognitive modeling ecological psychology and musical improvisation |
| topic | improvisation cognitive model ecological psychology learning intelligent decision agent (LIDA) affordances music |
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