Experimental Semiotics: A New Approach for Studying Communication as a Form of Joint Action

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 393-410

  Galantucci, Bruno ^a,b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed cognition; Experimental semiotics; Human communication; Joint action

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77949284073     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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