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The Resource Mind in motion : how action shapes thought, Barbara Tversky

Mind in motion : how action shapes thought, Barbara Tversky

Label
Mind in motion : how action shapes thought
Title
Mind in motion
Title remainder
how action shapes thought
Statement of responsibility
Barbara Tversky
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"An eminent psychologist offers a major new theory of human cognition: movement, not language, is the foundation of thought."--Publisher
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Tversky, Barbara
Dewey number
153.4
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
BF441
LC item number
.T94 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Thought and thinking
  • Intellect
  • Space
  • Cognition
  • Cognition
  • Intellect
  • Space
  • Thought and thinking
Label
Mind in motion : how action shapes thought, Barbara Tversky
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-358) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
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
Control code
on1055914078
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
viii, 375 pages
Isbn
9780465093069
Lccn
2019007927
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
Mind in motion : how action shapes thought, Barbara Tversky
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-358) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
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
Control code
on1055914078
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
viii, 375 pages
Isbn
9780465093069
Lccn
2019007927
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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