The Meaning of Embodiment

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 740-758

  Kiverstein, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Commonsense knowledge; Computer theory of mind; Dynamical cognitive science; Embodiment; Emotion and cognition; Enaction; Frame problem; Functionalism; Hubert Dreyfus; Predictive coding; Radical embodiment; Symbol grounding problem

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COGNITION; DRIVE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; THINKING;

BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; HUMANS; INSTINCT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; THINKING;

EID: 84867622995     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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