Dynamic Field Theory and Embodied Cognitive Dynamics

Toward a Unified Theory of Development Connectionism and Dynamic System Theory Re-Consider

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Spencer, John P ^a   Perone, Sammy ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Cognition; Cognitive dynamics; Dynamic field theory; Sensorimotor system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921600250     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195300598.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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