Modeling the emergence of language as an embodied collective cognitive activity

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 523-546

  Hutchins, Edwin ^a   Johnson, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonobo chimpanzee; Computational simulation models; Embodied cognition; Emergence of language

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78651479868     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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