Dealing With Complexity Differently: From Interaction-Dominant Dynamics to Theoretical Plurality

Dale, Rick; Duran, Nicholas D.

doi:10.1080/10407413.2013.810099

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“…In previous work we have argued that complex dynamical systems offer a suitable theoretical domain to think about the problems of interaction and perspective taking (Dale et al., ; Duran & Dale, ). However, we also noted that complex dynamical systems are still significantly limited in their ability to flexibly build extensive cognitive models to which dynamic principles can easily apply (see Dale & Duran, ). We argue that a fruitful way forward would be to consider parallel distributed processing (PDP) models of the theoretical sort—used traditionally as “theoretical prototype” models or existence proofs—as satisfying each of the desiderata above (see McClelland, ; for some discussion).…”

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Toward Integrative Dynamic Models for Adaptive Perspective Taking

Duran

Dale

Galati

2016

Topics in Cognitive Science

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In a matter of mere milliseconds, conversational partners can transform their expectations about the world in a way that accords with another person's perspective. At the same time, in similar situations, the exact opposite also appears to be true. Rather than being at odds, these findings suggest that there are multiple contextual and processing constraints that may guide when and how people consider perspective. These constraints are shaped by a host of factors, including the availability of social and environmental cues, and intrinsic biases and cognitive abilities. To explain how these might be integrated in a new way forward, we turn to an adaptive account of interpersonal interaction. This account draws from basic principles of dynamical systems, principles that we argue are already expressed, both implicitly and explicitly, within a broad landscape of existing research. We then showcase an initial attempt to develop a computational framework to instantiate some of these principles. This framework, consisting of what we argue to be important mechanistic insights rendered by neural network models, is based on a promising and long-standing approach that has yet to take hold in the current domain. We argue that by bridging this gap, new insights into other theoretical accounts, such as the connections between memory and common ground information, might be revealed.

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Toward Integrative Dynamic Models for Adaptive Perspective Taking

Duran

Dale

Galati

2016

Topics in Cognitive Science

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Self-serving dishonest decisions can show facilitated cognitive dynamics

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We use a novel task to test two competing hypotheses concerning the cognitive processes involved in dishonesty. Many existing accounts of deception imply that in order to act dishonestly one has to use cognitive control to overcome a bias toward the truth, which results in more time and effort. A recent hypothesis suggests that lying in order to serve self-interest may be a rapid, even automatic tendency taking less time than refraining from lying. In the current study, we track the action dynamics of potentially dishonest decisions to investigate the underlying cognitive processes. Participants are asked to privately predict the outcome of a virtual coin flip, report their accuracy and receive bonus credit for accurate predictions. The movements of the computer cursor toward the target answer are recorded and used to characterize the dynamics of decisions. Our results suggest that when a self-serving condition holds, decisions that have a high probability of being dishonest take less time and experience less hesitation.

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Dealing With Complexity Differently: From Interaction-Dominant Dynamics to Theoretical Plurality

Cited by 2 publications

References 46 publications

Toward Integrative Dynamic Models for Adaptive Perspective Taking

Toward Integrative Dynamic Models for Adaptive Perspective Taking

Self-serving dishonest decisions can show facilitated cognitive dynamics

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