Social situatedness of natural and artificial intelligence: Vygotsky and beyond

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-96

  Lindblom, Jessica ^a   Ziemke, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Epigenetic robotics; Humanoid robots; Primate cognition; Social situatedness; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0141613158     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10597123030112002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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