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 My interest is the nature of mind, and specifically, the mind/brain relation.  My empirical
research has most recently included brain-imaging (fMRI) studies of problem solving,
mental imagery, sentence comprehension and object recognition, primarily involving
young adults. My theoretical interest focuses on an approach to mind/brain from the
perspective of embodiment.  My primary starting point is a biologically-grounded account
of cognition developed by Davia (2002, submitted) called the 'fractal catalytic model.'
He proposes that to understand the mind/brain relation, we should first explore 'what is life'
and what enables a living process to persist as an organized entity; this exploration
deepens and changes our understanding of cognition and provides a new framework for
the mind/brain relation.

A web-page description of the theory by Davia is available through the link on the left,
called 'Laboratory.'   More formal papers are available by request from the author directly
(Davia@andrew.cmu.edu).  I am currently working on a book that uses this approach
to explain and explore topics in cognition, loosely based on the "Introduction to Cognitive
Psychology" course that I teach.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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