Dynamic Field Theory as a Framework for Understanding Embodied Cognition

Handbook of Cognitive Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 241-271

  Schneegans, Sebastian ^a   Schöner, Gregor ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-046616-3.00013-X     Document Type: Chapter

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