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Mind in motion : how action shapes thought / Barbara Tversky

By: Tversky, Barbara Gans [author].
Publisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, ©2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First edition.Description: 375 p: illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780465093069.Subject(s): Thought and thinking | Intellect | Space | CognitionGenre/Form: Print books.
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 -- Figure credits -- Bibliographic notes -- Index
Summary: "An eminent psychologist offers a major new theory of human cognition: movement, not language, is the foundation of thought."--Publisher
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-358) and index

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 -- Figure credits -- Bibliographic notes -- Index

"An eminent psychologist offers a major new theory of human cognition: movement, not language, is the foundation of thought."--Publisher

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