A dynamical systems account of sensorimotor contingencies

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Buhrmann, Thomas ^a   Di Paolo, Ezequiel Alejandro ^a,b,c   Barandiaran, Xabier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; Embodied cognition; Minimal cognition; Sensorimotor approach to perception; Sensorimotor contingencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878920955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00285     Document Type: Article

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