Action-Related Representations : An Action-Based Approach to Grounded Cognition

Action-Related Representations An Action-Based Approach to Grounded Cognition

Theories of grounded cognition state that there is a meaningful connection between action and cognition. Although these claims are widely accepted, the nature and structure of this connection is far from clear and is still a matter of controversy. This book argues for a type of cognitive representat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Seuchter, Tim, author (author)
Autor Corporativo: CRC 991: The Structure of Representations in Language, Cognition, and Science funder (funder)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
Düsseldorf : [2020]
Colección:Dissertations in Language and Cognition
Materias:
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General.
Abstract Cognition.
Action.
Affordances.
Embodied Cognition.
Grounded Cognition.
Theory of Perception.
Visuomotor Pragmatic Processing.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009660890506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Being in and Toward the World: Body Schema and Motor Intentionality
  • 3 Perceiving Possible Actions: Gibson’s Affordances
  • 4 Action Representation is Essentially Egocentric
  • 5 Action-Guiding Representations
  • 6 Vision for Action: The Two Visual Systems
  • 7 Action Constitutes Thinking: Interactive Constructivism
  • 8 A General Account of Action- Related Representation
  • 9 Development of Abstract Concepts
  • 10 Conclusion: Grounding Cognition in Action?
  • Bibliography

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