Language, embodiment, and the cognitive niche

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 370-374

  Clark, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL-BUILT STRUCTURES; LINGUISTIC SCAFFOLDING; MATERIAL SCAFFOLDING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; LINGUISTICS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VERBALIZATION;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 33746336635     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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