Resituating Cognition.
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Resituating Cognition
Cognition, historically localized in one part of the body—the heart in earlier times, the head in latter—involves the action of the organism as a whole: within and dependent upon the details of its physical and social environment. Recent experiments with humans, and classic ones with animals, reveal the essential role played by perceptual and motor acts in shaping the character of thought. Cogn...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1911-4745
DOI: 10.3819/ccbr.2010.50003