The bodily basis of thought

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-40

  Seitz, Jay A ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Action; Body; Brain; Cognition; Embodied mind; Movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038962779     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-118X(99)00035-5     Document Type: Article

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