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Symbols and Embodiment: Debates on meaning and cognition
Symbols and Embodiment: Debates on meaning and cognition
Some cognitive scientists think the mind works like a computer, involving programs composed of abstract and arbitrary symbols. Others think cognition is embodied - based on perceptual and emotional experience. This book is a rare collaboration between scientists holding both viewpoints, in an attempt to better understand the mind.
456 pages, 60 line illustrations and 9 photos
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 9, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199217274 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 456 |
| Dimensions | 177 × 253 × 29 mm · 970 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | De Vega, Manuel (Professor of Psychology, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain) |
| Editor | Glenberg, Arthur (Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA) |
| Editor | Graesser, Arthur (Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology and the Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Memphis, USA) |