Objects, words and actions: Some reasons why embodied models are badly needed in cognitive psychology

Applications of Mathematics in Models, Artificial Neural Networks and Arts: Mathematics and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 99-112

  Borghi, Anna M ^a,b   Caligiore, Daniele ^a,b   Scorolli, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8581-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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