Language as a cognitive tool

Minds and Machines

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 517-528

  Mirolli, Marco ^a   Parisi, Domenico ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive tool; Computational model; Embodied cognition; High level cognition; Language; Language evolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; TOOLS;

COGNITIVE TOOL; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EMBODIED COGNITION; HIGH-LEVEL COGNITION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE EVOLUTION;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84898021646     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11023-009-9174-2     Document Type: Article

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