| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 445 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Framing the debate / Arthur M Glenberg, Manuel de Vega, and Arthur C Graesser -- The limits of covariation / Arthur M Glenberg and Sarita Mehta -- Body and symbol in AutoTutor : conversations that are responsive to the learners' cognitive and emotional states / Arthur C Graesser and G Tanner Jackson -- Symbolism, embodied cognition, and the broader debate / Lawrence Shapiro -- What brain imaging can tell us about embodied meaning / Marcel Adam Just -- Grounding language in the brain / Friedemann Pulvermüller -- Symbols and embodiment from the perspective of a neural modeller / Andreas Knoblauch -- Symbol systems and perceptual representations / Walter Kintsch -- Experiential traces and mental simulations in language comprehension / Rolf A Zwann -- Defining embodiment in understanding / Anthony J Sanford -- A mechanistic model of three facets of meaning / Deb Roy -- The symbol grounding problem has been solved, so what's next? / Luc Steels -- Language and simulation in conceptual processing / Lawrence W Barsalou [and others] -- Levels of embodied meaning : from pointing to counterfactuals / Manuel de Vega -- Language comprehension is both embodied and symbolic / Max Louwerse and Patrick Jeuniaux -- A well grounded education : the role of perception in science and mathematics / Robert Goldstone, David Landy, and Ji Y Son -- Mending or abandoning cognitivism? / Antoni Gomila -- An embodied cognition perspective on symbols, gesture, and grounding instruction / Mitchell J Nathan -- Reflecting on the debate / Manuel de Vega, Arthur C Graesser, and Arthur M Glenberg |
| Summary |
Some cognitive scientists think the mind works like a computer involving programs composed of abstract and arbitrary symbols. Others think cognition is embodied - based on perceptual and emotional experience. This book is a rare collaboration between scientists holding both viewpoints, in an attempt to better understand the mind |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Philosophy of mind.
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Human information processing.
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Mind and body.
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Symbolism (Psychology)
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Cognitive science.
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Mental Processes
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Symbolism
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Cognitive science
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Human information processing
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Mind and body
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Philosophy of mind
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Symbolism (Psychology)
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Linguïstiek.
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Cognitiewetenschap.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Vega, Manuel de
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Glenberg, Arthur M
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Graesser, Arthur C
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| ISBN |
9780191696060 |
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0191696064 |
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