Distinguishing Levels of Grounding that Underlie Transfer of Learning

Expanding the Space of Cognitive Science - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2818-2823

  Byrge, Lisa A ^a   Goldstone, Robert L ^a  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Action; Analogy; Education; Embodiment; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ACTION; ANALOGY; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; EMBODIMENT; FORCE DYNAMICS; KINESTHETICS; RELATIONAL STRUCTURES; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; TRANSFER; TRANSFER OF LEARNING;

EID: 84867036414     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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