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Resource type: Journal Article Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2004.06.003 BibTeX citation key: Garbarini2004 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: Embodied Cognition Keywords: Cognition, Neuroscience, Virtuality Creators: Adenzato, Garbarini Publisher: Elsevier Collection: Brain and Cognition |
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Abstract |
Recent experimental research in the field of neurophysiology has led to the discovery of two classes of visuomotor neurons: canonical neurons and mirror neurons. In light of these studies, we propose here an overview of two classical themes in the cognitive science panorama: James Gibson's theory of affordances and Eleanor Rosch's principles of categorization. We discuss how theoretical perspectives and neuroscientific evidence are converging towards the current paradigm of embodied cognition. From this perspective, we discuss the role of action and simulation in cognitive processes, which lead to the perceptual recognition of objects, and actions and to their conceptual categorization.
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