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- Authors
- Heersmink, R.
- Affiliations
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (AU)
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- Heersmink, Richard
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- Heersmink, Richard
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- Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
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- 2014-03-01
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 577-598
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- 1568-7759 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-8676
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- W2155660451
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- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Digital Media and Philosophy
- Keywords
- cognitive extension, embedded cognition, extended cognition, human-technology integration, cognitive artifacts, multidimensional framework, information flow, reliability, trust, procedural transparency, information transparency, individualization, transformation, situated cognition, system coupling
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