?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Clash+of+Perceptions&rft.creator=Howard%2C+Dr.+Newton&rft.creator=+Guid%C3%A8re%2C+Dr.+Mathieu&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.description=This+study+challenges+Samuel+Huntington%E2%80%99s+well-known+clash+of+civilizations+paradigm+based+on+a+philosophical+reasoning+of+cognitive+proofs.+The+authors+propose+the+clash+of+perceptions%2C+an+alternative+paradigm+that+better+reflects+the+complexity+of+individual+and+collective+interactions.+Building+on+case+studies+and+recent+cognitive+science+and+informatics+research%2C+this+paradigm+offers+greater+insight+into+the+dynamics+of+international+relations.+In+the+first+section%2C+the+authors+explain+the+conceptual+and+methodological+limits+of+Huntington%E2%80%99s+paradigm+before+proposing+in+the+second+section+a+new+approach+geared+toward+individual+and+group+phenomena+aiming+to+model+the+clash+of+perceptions.+New+concepts+such+as+percepts%2C+misperception%2C+misconception+and+perception+prototypes+are+introduced+in+order+to+explain+this+complex+process.+These+concepts+help+better+understand+the+complexity+of+conflict+among+individuals%2C+groups+and+nation+states.&rft.date=2006-03&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5262%2F1%2Fcads_report_clash_nov06.pdf&rft.identifier=++Howard%2C+Dr.+Newton+and++Guid%C3%A8re%2C+Dr.+Mathieu++(2006)+The+Clash+of+Perceptions.++++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5262%2F