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Becoming human : from pointing gestures to syntax /
What do the pointing gesture, the imitation of new complex motor patterns, the evocation of absent objects and the grasping of others' false beliefs all have in common? Apart from being (one way or other) involved in the language, they all would share a demanding requirement - a second mental c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Advances in consciousness research ;
v. 81. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What do the pointing gesture, the imitation of new complex motor patterns, the evocation of absent objects and the grasping of others' false beliefs all have in common? Apart from being (one way or other) involved in the language, they all would share a demanding requirement - a second mental centre within the subject. This redefinition of the simulationism is extended in the present book in two directions. Firstly, mirror-neurons and, likewise, animal abilities connected with the visual field of their fellows, although they certainly constitute important landmarks, would not require this seco. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 402 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027286796 9027286795 1283174871 9781283174879 9786613174871 6613174874 |