Using Dynamic Field Theory to extend the embodiment stance toward higher cognition

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 322-339

  Sandamirskaya, Yulia ^a   Zibner, Stephan K U ^a   Schneegans, Sebastian ^a   Schöner, Gregor ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic Field Theory; Embodied cognition; Scene representation; Sequence generation; Spatial language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884163360     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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