Experimental semiotics: A review

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEBRUARY, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Galantucci, Bruno ^a,b   Garrod, Simon ^c,d  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distributed cognition; Experimental semiotics; Human communication; Language

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COORDINATION; EXPERIMENTAL SEMIOTICS; GAME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL TASK; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 82955167944     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2011.00011     Document Type: Article

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