Embodied spatial cognition

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 686-706

  Gregory Trafton, J ^a   Harrison, Anthony M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive robotics; Gaze following; Level 1 visual perspective taking; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL NAVIGATION;

EID: 80053920174     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2011.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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