Tooling and Construction: From Nut-Cracking and Stone-Tool Making to Bird Nests and Language

The present paper provides an integrative theory of actions and motor programs for skill in tool use, construction, and language. We analyze preconditions for action as well as making their effects (postconditions) explicit, emphasizing the “how” of action details as well as the “what” of motor prog...

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Main Authors: Michael A. Arbib, Dorothy M. Fragaszy, Susan D. Healy, Dietrich Stout
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:Current Research in Behavioral Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666518223000268