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The Spatial Foundations of Cognition and Language
Thinking Through Space
Edited by Kelly S. Mix, Linda B. Smith, and Michael Gasser
328 pages
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numerous Tables, Line Drawings, Diagrams
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234x156mm
978-0-19-955324-2
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Hardback
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24 December 2009
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- An empirical tour de force
- A truly inter-disciplinary perspective
- A guide for future research
- A crystal clear and integrated discussion of the findings' theoretical significance
This book presents recent research on the role of space as a mechanism in language use and learning. It proceeds from the notion that cognition in real time, developmental time, and over evolutionary time occurs in space, and that the physical properties of space may provide insights into basic cognitive processes, including memory, attention, action, and perception. It looks at how physical space and landmarks are used in cognitive representations and serve as the basis of human cognition in a range of core mechanisms to index memories and ground meanings that are not themselves explicitly about space. The editors have brought
together experimental psychologists, computer scientists, robotocists, linguists, and researchers in child language in order to consider the nature and applications of this research and in particular its implications for understanding the processes involved in language acquisition.Readership: Psychologists, linguists, philosophers and computer scientists interested in cognition and language development.
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Edited by Kelly S. Mix, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Cognitive Development Laboratory,, Michigan State University, Linda B. Smith, Chancellor's Professor of Psychology and Director of the Cognitive Development Laboratory, Indiana University, and Michael Gasser, Associate Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science, Indiana University Contributors:
Linda B. Smith, Indiana University
Michael Gasser, Indiana University
Kelly S. Mix, Michigan State University
Dana Ballard, University of Texas, Austin
Lera Boroditsky, Stanford
University
Erin Cannon, University of Maryland
Laura A. Carlson, University of Notre Dame
Andy Clark, University of Edinburgh
Paul Cohen, University of Southern California
James E. Hoffman, University of Delaware
Janellen Huttenlocher, University of Chicago
Barbara Landau, Johns Hopkins University
John Lipinski, Ruhr University
Stella F. Lourenco, Emory University
Teenie Matlock, University of California, Merced
Kirsten O'Hearn, University of Pittsburgh
Michael Ramscar, Stanford University
Daniel C. Richardson, University of Reading
Larissa K. Samuelson, University of Iowa
John P. Spencer, University of Iowa
Michael
J. Spivey, Cornell University
Marina Vasilyeva, Boston College
Chen Yu, Indiana University
Carlos A. Zednik, Indiana University
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Part I: Thinking Through Space
1: Andy Clark: Minds in Space
2: Michael Spivey, Daniel C. Richardson, and Carlos A. Zednik: Language is Spatial, Not Special: On the Demise of the Symbolic Approximation Hypothesis
3: Kelly S. Mix: Spatial Tools for Mathematical Thought
4: Michael Ramscar, Teenie Matlock, and Lera Boroditsky: Time, Motion, and Meaning: The Experiential Basis of Abstract Thought
Part II: From Embodiment to Abstract Thought
5: Janellen Huttenlocher, Stella F. Lourenco, and Marina Vasilyeva: Perspectives on Spatial Development
6: John Lipinski, John P. Spencer, and Larissa K. Samuelson: It's in the Eye of the Beholder: Spatial Language and Spatial Memory Use the Same Perceptual Reference Frames
7: Barbara Landau, Kirsten O'Hearn, and James E. Hoffman: Tethering to the Word, Coming Undone
8: Laura A. Carlson: Encoding Space in Spatial Language
Part III: Using Space to Ground Language
9: Linda B. Smith and Larissa K. Samuelson: Objects in Space and Mind: From Reaching to Words
10: Chen Yu and Dana Ballard: The Role of the Body in Infant Language Learning
11: Erin Cannon and Paul R. Cohen: Talk About Motion: The Semantic Representation of Verbs by Motion Dynamics
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