1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000355030203316

Autore

FORSYTHE, George Elmer

Titolo

Computer methods for mathematical computations / George E. Forsythe, Michael A. Malcom, Cleve B. Moler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Englewood Cliffs : Prentice-Hall, c1977

Descrizione fisica

XI, 259 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Prentice-Hall series in automatic computation

Altri autori (Persone)

MALCOLM, Michael A.

MOLER, Cleve B.

Disciplina

001.6

Collocazione

001.6 SAC 4

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910137097103321

Autore

Anne-Marie Brouwer

Titolo

Using neurophysiological signals that reflect cognitive or affective state / / edited by: Anne-Marie Brouwer, Thorsten O. Zander and Jan B. F. van Erp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2015

[Lausanne, Switzerland] : , : Frontiers Media SA, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

9782889196135

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Collana

Frontiers Research Topics

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Disciplina

612.82

Soggetti

Neurophysiology

Neuropsychiatry

Brain-computer interfaces

Neurosciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

What can we learn from spontaneously occurring brain and other physiological signals about an individual's cognitive and affective state and how can we make use of this information? One line of research that is actively involved with this question is Passive Brain-Computer-Interfaces (BCI). To date most BCIs are aimed at assisting patients for whom brain signals could form an alternative output channel as opposed to more common human output channels, like speech and moving the hands. However, brain signals (possibly in combination with other physiological signals) also form an output channel above and beyond the more usual ones: they can potentially provide continuous, online information about an individual's cognitive and affective state without the need of conscious or effortful communication. The provided information could be used in a number of ways. Examples include monitoring cognitive workload through EEG and skin conductance for adaptive automation or using ERPs in response to



errors to correct for a behavioral response. While Passive BCIs make use of online (neuro)physiological responses and close the interaction cycle between a user and a computer system, (neuro)physiological responses can also be used in an offline fashion. Examples of this include detecting amygdala responses for neuromarketing, and measuring EEG and pupil dilation as indicators of mental effort for optimizing information systems. The described field of applied (neuro)physiology can strongly benefit from high quality scientific studies that control for confounding factors and use proper comparison conditions. Another area of relevance is ethics, ranging from dubious product claims, acceptance of the technology by the general public, privacy of users, to possible effects that these kinds of applications may have on society as a whole.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790672803321

Autore

Clift Sarah

Titolo

Committing the future to memory [[electronic resource] ] : history, experience, trauma / / Sarah Clift

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8232-5421-6

0-8232-6116-6

0-8232-5424-0

0-8232-5423-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

907.2

Soggetti

Historiography - Philosophy

Civilization, Modern - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Narrative Life Span, in the Wake: Benjamin and Arendt -- 2. Memory in Theory: The Childhood Memories of John Locke (Persons, Parrots) -- 3. Mourning Memory: The “End” of Art or, Reading (in) the Spirit of Hegel



-- 4. Speculating on the Past, the Impact of the Present: Hegel and His Time(s) -- 5. In Lieu of a Last Word: Maurice Blanchot and the Future of Memory (Today) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Whereas historical determinacy conceives the past as a complex and unstable network of causalities, this book asks how history can be related to a more radical future. To pose that question, it does not reject determinacy outright but rather seeks to explore how it works. In examining what it means to be “determined” by history, it also asks what kind of openings there might be in our encounters with history for interruptions, re-readings, and re-writings.Engaging texts spanning multiple genres and several centuries—from John Locke to Maurice Blanchot, from Hegel to Benjamin—Clift looks at experiences of time that exceed the historical narration of experiences said to have occurred in time. She focuses on the co-existence of multiple temporalities and opens up the quintessentially modern notion of historical succession to other possibilities. The alternatives she draws out include the mediations of language and narration, temporal leaps, oscillations and blockages, and the role played by contingency in representation. She argues that such alternatives compel us to reassess the ways we understand history and identity in a traumatic, or indeed in a post-traumatic, age.