Why do we talk to ourselves?

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 255-272

  Fields, Chris ^a  

^a Box 38 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Language of thought; Modularity

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COGNITIVE SCIENCE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0036819139     PISSN: 0952813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09528130110112303     Document Type: Article

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