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Mind in motion : how action shapes thought
Title
Mind in motion : how action shapes thought / Barbara Tversky.
ISBN
9780465093069
046509306X
9780465093076
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Basic Books, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
viii, 375 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Summary
"An eminent psychologist offers a major new theory of human cognition: movement, not language, is the foundation of thought."--Publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 29, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-358) and index.
Contents
Prologue : Moving in space : the foundation of thought
The world in the mind
The space of the body : space is for action
The bubble around the body : people, places, and things
Here and now and there and then : the spaces around us
Transforming thought
The mind in the world
The body speaks a different language
Points, lines, and perspective : space in talk and thought
Boxes, lines, and trees : talk and thought about almost everything else
Spaces we create : maps, diagrams, sketches, explanations, comics
Conversations with a page : design, science, and art
The world is a diagram
The nine laws of cognition
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Bibliographic notes
Index.
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