Mattias Kristiansson

PhD Student, Cognitive Science

Cognition and Interaction , part of CILT Lab
Division of Human-Centered Systems (HCS)
Department of Computer and Information Science
Linköpings universitet
SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden

Research Interests

My research interests lie in the notion that human cognitive abilities are situated and distributed in, and with, what constitutes their social and physical environment. Specifically I am interested in older adult's abilities to cope with, and reduce, the cognitive complexity everyday activities hold. Earlier research has indicated that older adults are more likely to utilize their physical and social surroundings to cope with age-related cognitive declines. My goal is to add to the understanding of the process of doing so, mainly by inspiration from ethnographic methodologies.

Publications

Mattias Kristiansson, Nils Dahlbäck & Fredrik Stjernberg (2011) In search of the real Otto and Inga - a field study of extended memory. Poster presented at the Workshop on Embodied, Distributed and Extended Cognition, March 24-26, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Nils Dahlbäck, Mattias Kristiansson, Kenny Skagerlund & Fredrik Stjernberg (2011) Two ways of grounding the discussion on extended cognition. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. (pp. 2347-2352). Boston, Massachussetts: Cognitive Science Society.

Mattias Kristiansson (2011) Memory, aging and external memory aids: Two traditions of cognitive research and their implications for a successful development of memory augmentation. Master's Thesis. Linköping University.