?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Self-directedness%2C+integration+and+higher+cognition&rft.creator=Christensen%2C+Dr+Wayne+D&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=In+this+paper+I+discuss+connections+between+self-directedness%2C+integration+and+higher+cognition.+I+present+a+model+of+self-directedness+as+a+basis+for+approaching+higher+cognition+from+a+situated+cognition+perspective.+According+to+this+model+increases+in+sensorimotor+complexity+create+pressure+for+integrative+higher+order+control+and+learning+processes+for+acquiring+information+about+the+context+in+which+action+occurs.+This+generates+complex+articulated+abstractive+information+processing%2C+which+forms+the+major+basis+for+higher+cognition.+I+present+evidence+that+indicates+that+the+same+integrative+characteristics+found+in+lower+cognitive+process+such+as+motor+adaptation+are+present+in+a+range+of+higher+cognitive+process%2C+including+conceptual+learning.+This+account+helps+explain+situated+cognition+phenomena+in+humans+because+the+integrative+processes+by+which+the+brain+adapts+to+control+interaction+are+relatively+agnostic+concerning+the+source+of+the+structure+participating+in+the+process.+Thus%2C+from+the+perspective+of+the+motor+control+system+using+a+tool+is+not+fundamentally+different+to+simply+controlling+an+arm.&rft.publisher=Elsevier&rft.contributor=Spurrett%2C+Dr+David&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3964%2F1%2FChristensen2004_Self-directedness.pdf&rft.identifier=++Christensen%2C+Dr+Wayne+D++(2004)+Self-directedness%2C+integration+and+higher+cognition.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3964%2F