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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Human abilities"”.
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Identifying the limits of an integrated training environment using human abilities and affordance theory
… engineering principles, affordance theory, and human abilities, to measure the potential of integrated training environments (ITEs) to effectively support training. Empirical investigation of ITEs is costly, lacks formal guidance, and is therefore often unreliable. Ad hoc studies, commissioned …
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Story-enabled hypothetical reasoning
… competence that illuminates all other aspects of human intelligence. In this work, I demonstrate how our story understanding ability sheds light on our ability to think in terms of hypothetical situations. Using the Genesis story understanding system as a substrate, I develop a story-enabled …
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Design and control of Supernumerary Robotic Limbs for near-ground work
… are a recent form of robot that augment natural human abilities through the addition of body-mounted robotic appendages which can move independently of the wearer. This thesis provides a detailed analysis of the MantisBot, an SRL morphology that provides a wearer with two torso-mounted limbs that …
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Performing Architecture: A Thesis on Playful Design
… It is imagination and interaction that makes us human. In this digital age, it is evident that we are losing touch with our own ability to remain imaginative and explore new and different ways to physically interact with our environment. In this thesis, it is my goal is to design in a way that …
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Real Work Task Performance: The Role of Abilities, Non-Ability Traits, and Proximal Variables
… designed to be realistic and sample a variety of abilities. The three tasks were the construction of a paracord keychain, the assembly of an IKEA chair, and the development and presentation of a “traffic calming” solution. In order to maximize ecological validity of these tasks, participants were …
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Wandering minds, restless brains and mindful thinking : a network-based perspective
… in the intrinsic functional architecture of the human brain. Such individual differences can be characterized via resting-state measurement of temporal synchrony between brain regions (i.e. functional connectivity). Here, I examine individual differences in working memory and mindfulness in …
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Multimodality: Models, Algorithms, and Applications
… operations, with minimal adaptation. We mimic human abilities to comprehend and connect different data types by incorporating artificial intelligence and optimization in data-driven strategies. Our contributions include the development of generalizable data pre-processing, feature extraction, …
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Structural and functional brain plasticity for statistical learning
… streams of events is fundamental to a range of human abilities: from navigating in a new environment to learning a language. These skills rely on our ability to extract spatial and temporal regularities, often with minimal explicit feedback, that is known as statistical learning. Despite the …
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Learning in dynamic temporal domains using contextual prediction entropy as a guiding principle.
… learning mechanisms that do not reflect simple human abilities in terms of fast, adaptive learning. Short term memory is particularly adept at the rapid acquisition of knowledge at the cost of some level of error and the likely possibility that the validity of the learned knowledge may be very …
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Image-Enabled Discourse: Investigating the Creation of Visual Information as Communicative Practice
… and visually enabled collaborative work tools. Human abilities to use images to communicate are however far more sophisticated and nuanced than these technologies currently support. In order to learn more about the practice of image making as a specialized form of information and communication …
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Expanding the limits of predictive methods: from supervised learning to novel sensors and massive human supervision
… data: by constructing feature spaces for human activity recognition and by developing semi-supervised methods for object recognition. We then develop methods for collecting, storing and visualizing information about activity in an indoor office en- vironment. By using a dense array of …
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The Development of a Paper-and-Pencil Measure of Complex Cognitive-Perceptual Aptitude
… differences in multiple cognitive and perceptual abilities that are required for helicopter pilot training. The paper-and-pencil test was designed to provide measures of both static and dynamic (i.e., learning) ability under different levels of complexity. The secondary research purpose was to …
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Wattsworth : a vision for cyber physical system design
… control technologies can be applied to enhance human abilities and improve our lives. Such systems have been frustratingly difficult to implement. An old dilemma is becoming increasingly apparent. Networking provides remote access to information and control inputs. Gathering useful information, …
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Development and Characterization of highly flexible and conformable electronic devices for wearable applications
As shown in the story, humanity has tried to develop objects, tools, and devices that could first help to survive in a difficult environment and then improve everyday life. The idea of creating objects that can be worn to restore or improve human abilities or to help during daily routine has fueled …
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The neuro-cognitive representation of word meaning resolved in space and time.
One of the core human abilities is that of interpreting symbols. Prompted with a perceptual stimulus devoid of any intrinsic meaning, such as a written word, our brain can access a complex multidimensional representation, called semantic representation, which corresponds to its meaning. …
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Continuity as Crisis: Two Traditions of Theorizing about Animal Minds
… remain largely resistant to attributing humanlike capacities to non-human animals, particularly great apes, for reasons that are not based on compelling empirical or theoretical grounds. Mental faculties such as reason, agency, and theory of mind are widely seen as differing in kind from …
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The Psychology of Collaborating and Co-Creating with Artificial Intelligence
… theoretical and practical questions about how human capabilities are redefined in relation to intelligent AI systems. As organizations increasingly adopt AI tools not just for automation or augmentation but for ideation and collaboration, it becomes essential to understand how employees make …