Moving and sensing without input and output: early nervous systems and the origins of the animal sensorimotor organization

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 311-331

  Keijzer, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coordination view; Early nervous systems; Embodiment; Input output view; Sensorimotor organization; Skin brain thesis

Indexed keywords

GENOMICS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84929701859     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-015-9483-1     Document Type: Article

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