Raymond W. Jr. Gibbs, Jr. Gibbs, Gibbs Jr. Raymond W.

Embodiment and Cognitive Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 2006 book describes the many ways that the mind and body are closely interrelated.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 718g
• ISBN-13: 9780521811743
• ISBN-10: 0521811740
• Artikelnr.: 21459043

Autorenporträt

Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is previously the author of The Poetics of Mind and Understanding and Intentions in the Experience of Meaning. He is co-editor (with G. Steen) of Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics¿ and editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal, Metaphor and Symbol.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Bodies and persons
3. Perception and action
4. Concepts
5. Imagery, memory, and reasoning
6. Language and communication
7. Cognitive development
8. Emotion and consciousness
9. Conclusion.