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    Maximization of Future Internal States?
    Constructivist Foundations 16 (1): 060-062. 2020.
    The target article outlines a Future-State-Maximization approach whose focus on “rewarding” actions that lead to increased action possibilities serves as an alternative to standard value-…
  •  19
    Open peer commentary on the article “Interactivity and Enaction in Human Cognition” by Matthew Isaac Harvey, Rasmus Gahrn-Andersen & Sune Vork Steffensen. Upshot: In contrasting an interactivity account alternative to variants on the enactive approach, the authors discuss the role of sense-making. They claim that their interactivity perspective, unlike enactive approaches, accounts for a dependency on “non-local” resources characteristic of many organisms. I draw attention to the cybernetic-enac…Read more
  •  18
    Change in attitudes and beliefs about implicit bias education: a demonstration among members of a police department
    with Joseph A. Vitriol and Mahzarin R. Banaji
    Philosophical Psychology 37 (6): 1539-1571. 2024.
    Law enforcement organizations invest in ongoing education of employees on various topics concerning diversity, equity and accountability. Such education is designed to ensure the highest levels of performance and to earn the trust of the public. Traditional approaches to education, however, have proved challenging. The effectiveness of what passes as “training” is unregulated, and negative attitudes and beliefs about mandatory educational programs themselves may sabotage any possible benefits fo…Read more
  •  16
    Brief report
    with Paul Bennett and Kyla Honey
    Cognition and Emotion 17 (3): 511-520. 2003.
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    Background: Alexithymia is a personality trait which is characterized by an inability to identify and describe conscious emotions of oneself and others.Aim: The present study aimed to determine whether various measures of mental health, interoception, psychological flexibility, and self-as-context, predicted through linear associations alexithymia as an outcome. This also included relevant mediators and non-linear predictors identified for particular sub-groups of participants through cluster an…Read more
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    How Inherently Non-Autonomous Are Robots?
    Constructivist Foundations 13 (3): 379-381. 2018.
    Open peer commentary on the article “What Is a Cognizing Subject? Construction, Autonomy and Original Causation” by Niall Palfreyman & Janice Miller-Young. Upshot: Palfreyman and Miller-Young claim that their theory should be capable of accounting for whether robots are inherently autonomous or not. Unfortunately, they fail to elaborate on how and to what extent they consider robotic autonomy to fit within their framework. I allude to what phenomena and modelling approaches may contribute to the…Read more
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    Embodied anticipation in neurocomputational cognitive architectures for robotic agents
    with Alberto Montebelli and Tom Ziemke
    The Swedish Ai Society Workshop May 27-28, 2009 Ida, Linköping University. forthcoming.
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    Open peer commentary on the article “Homeostats for the 21st Century? Simulating Ashby Simulating the Brain” by Stefano Franchi. Upshot: The target article has addressed core concepts of Ashby’s generalized homeostasis thesis as well as its relevance to building complex artificial systems. In this commentary, I discuss Ashby-inspired approaches to designing for ultrastable behaviour in robots and the extent to which complex adaptive behaviour can be underdetermined by heteronomous constraints