Cognitive Integration
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This book argues that thinking is bounded by neither the brain nor the skin of an organism. Cognitive systems function through integration of neural and bodily functions with the functions of represen
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- Authors
- Menary, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Wollongong (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Menary, Richard
- ORCID
- Menary, Richard
- Venue
- Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published
- 2007
- OpenAlex
- W4233333838
- Cited by
- 364
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- FWCI
- 5.39
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Keywords
- cognitive integration, embodied cognition, cognitive systems, representation
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