The Synthetic Approach to Embodied Cognition: A Primer

Handbook of Cognitive Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 121-137

  Pfeifer, Rolf ^a   Lungarella, Max ^a   Sporns, Olaf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-046616-3.00007-4     Document Type: Chapter

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