Perception of Affordances in Multi-Scale Dynamics as an Alternative Explanation for Equivalence of Analogical and Inferential Reasoning in Animals and Humans

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-134

  Davids, Keith ^a   Araújo, Duarte ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

action; affordances; cognition; comparative neurobiology; ecological constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649328675     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354309345637     Document Type: Article

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