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Symbols and Embodiment: Debates on meaning and cognition Hardcover - 2008 - 1st Edition
by de Vega, Manuel [Editor]; Glenberg, Arthur [Editor]; Graesser, Arthur [Editor];
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- Title Symbols and Embodiment: Debates on meaning and cognition
- Author de Vega, Manuel [Editor]; Glenberg, Arthur [Editor]; Graesser, Arthur [Editor];
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- Pages 456
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
- Date 2008-12
- ISBN 9780199217274
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ISBN: 9780199217274Oxford University Press l 15 Dec 2008
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Cognitive scientists have a variety of approaches to studying cognition: experimental psychology, computer science, robotics, neuroscience, educational psychology, philosophy of mind, and psycholinguistics, to name but a few. In addition, they also differ in their approaches to cognition - some of them consider that the mind works basically like a computer, involving programs composed of abstract, amodal, and arbitrary symbols. Others claim that cognition is embodied- that is, symbols must be grounded on perceptual, motoric, and emotional experience.The existence of such different approaches has consequences when dealing with practical issues such as understanding brain disorders, designing artificial intelligence programs and robots, improving psychotherapy, or designing instructional programs.The symbolist and embodiment camps seldom engage in any kind of debate to clarify their differences. This book is the first attempt… Read More
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