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Meaning and motor actions: Artificial life and behavioral evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2005

Domenico Parisi ,
Anna M. Borghi ,
Andrea Di Ferdinando  and
Giorgio Tsiotas
Domenico Parisi*
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Science and Technologies, National Research Council, Rome 00137, Italy http://gral.ip.rm.cnr.it/dparisi/
Anna M. Borghi*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna 40127, Italy http://gral.ip.rm.cnr.it/borghi/
Andrea Di Ferdinando*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Padua, Padua 35131, Italy http://ccnl.psy.unipd.it/di_ferdinando.html
Giorgio Tsiotas*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna 40127, Italy http://gral.ip.rm.cnr.it/borghi/
*
d.parisi@istc.cnr.it
annamaria.borghi@unibo.it
giorgio@tsiotas.com
andrea.diferdinando@unipd.it
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Abstract:

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Mirror neurons may play a role in representing not only signs but also their meaning. Because actions are the only aspect of behavior that are inter-individually accessible, interpreting meanings in terms of actions might explain how meanings can be shared. Behavioral evidence and artificial life simulations suggest that seeing objects or processing words referring to objects automatically activates motor actions.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 139 - 140
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005