The role of imagistic simulation in scientific thought experiments

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 686-710

  Clement, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Embodied cognition; Imagery; Mental simulation; Reasoning; Scientific thinking

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMAGINATION; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THINKING;

HUMANS; IMAGINATION; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; THINKING;

EID: 79751511623     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2009.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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