Symposium on interactive cognition

Interactive cognition refers to a theoretical perspective in cognitive science that conceptualizes cognitive processes as emerging from continuous interactions between individuals and their physical, digital, and social environments. Rather than treating cognition as confined to internal mental representations and processes, this view emphasizes the dynamic coupling of perception, action, memory, and external artifacts. Cognition is not only driven by endogenous intentions and mechanisms but also by exogenous tasks, environmental constraints or affordances, and feedback loops; it is mediated by tools such as external symbols, interfaces, and devices; it is often the result of complex interactions between cooperating and competing agents. The talks in this symposium will emphasize the central role of interaction, either interpersonal, human-machine, or human-environment, in cognition. They will contribute to expanding the scope of the theoretical framework of integrated cognition (a.k.a., cognitive architecture) to include mind-environment interactions as explanatory factors. Presenters will showcase empirical data, theories, concepts and models that demonstrate improved characterization of cognitive phenomena when situational and relational factors are considered. For example, individual cognition and behavior will be significantly moderated by time pressure, risk, tool availability, and contexts of cooperation or competition between agents. The talks will each address the following questions: • What is the added value of adopting an Interactive cognition approach in your research? • What are core principles of Interactive Cognition that are addressed? • How can these principles be transferred to other situations or tasks? • How should the topic of "Interactive Cognition" be developed in the future?