Is motor knowledge part and parcel of the concepts of manipulable artifacts? Clues from a case of upper limb aplasia

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 132-140

  Vannuscorps, Gilles ^a,b   Andres, Michael ^b,c   Pillon, Agnesa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique FNRS   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concept; Embodied cognition; Limb aplasia; Manipulability; Motor knowledge; Object knowledge; Semantics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APLASIA; ARM APLASIA; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBJECT MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ARM MALFORMATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; UPPER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL;

EID: 84890872100     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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