English Theme 45 3.12--end Date: July 3rd, 2007 Room: 8-405 Instructor: Mafuyu Kitahara Material: Thelen, E. (1995) “Time-scale dynamics and the development of an embodied cognition” in R. Port and T. van Gelder (eds.) Mind as motion, Cambridge: MIT Press

3.12 From Action to Cognition action --> learn categories --> cognition e.g. “toys able to be reached” learned from appearing/disappearing tasks category formation = potential well Rovee-Cillier (1991) 2mo old infants remember kicking task? Yes, even 1-2 week later Situation specific: colour, design, crib... But, generalizable

3.13 Toward a force embodiment Speculation: generalize = expand and overlap clouds

Conclusion force interactions = base of all cognition and language higher generalization = “mobileness”...etc notions embedded and embodied