Ecological Psychology: Six Principles for an Embodied-Embedded Approach to Behavior

Handbook of Cognitive Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 159-187

  Richardson, Michael J ^a   Shockley, Kevin ^b   Fajen, Brett R ^c   Riley, Michael A ^b   Turvey, Michael T ^d  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-046616-3.00009-8     Document Type: Chapter

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