Human-Sheepdog Distributed Cognitive Systems: An Analysis of Interspecies Cognitive Scaffolding in a Sheepdog Trial

Humans coordinate with other people and technological resources in order to become integrated into distributed cognitive systems and engage the world in ways beyond their naked capacities. This paper extends the distributed cognitive framework towards human and dog partnerships at a sheepdog trial,...

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Main Author: Keil, Paul G. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2015, Volume: 15, Issue: 5, Pages: 508-529
Further subjects:B distributed cognition extended mind human-animal scaffolding sheepdog
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