The hand : perception, cognition, action /: perception, cognition, action. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marta Bertolaso, Nicola Di Stefano, editors.
• Editors: Bertolaso, Marta; Di Stefano, Nicola
• Contents: Preface; Contents; From Action to Cognition, from Cognition to Action; 1 The Cognitive Properties of the Motor System and Mirror Neurons; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 The Motor Cortex Codes the Goal of Motor Acts; 3 How the Motor System Codes Space and Objects; 4 Mirror Neurons in the Monkey; 4.1 Basic Properties; 4.2 Mirror Neurons and the Understanding of Motor Goals; 4.3 Mirror Neurons Are Involved in Encoding the Details of Motor Acts; 4.4 The Monkey Network Activated by Action Observation; 5 The Mirror System in Humans. 6 Social Cognitive Functions Based on the Mirror Matching Mechanism: Imitation and Intention Understanding6.1 Imitation; 6.2 Understanding Others' Intentions; References; 2 Children's Object Manipulation: A Tool for Knowing the External World and for Communicative Development; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 The Development of Object Manipulation; 3 Human Hand and Language: The Impact of Manipulation Skill on Communicative and Social Development; 4 Conclusion; References; 3 Hands Shaping Communication: From Gestures to Signs; Abstract; 1 Introduction. 2 Developing Grasping in Infancy: The Emergence of Handshapes3 Handshapes in Gesture Research: The Emergence of Intentional Communication and Symbols; 4 Handshapes in Sign Language Linguistics; 5 Summary and Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Primates' Propensity to Explore Objects: How Manual Actions Affect Learning in Children and Capuchin Monkeys; Abstract; 1 Object Manipulation from Manual Dexterity to Proclivity to Explore; 1.1 The Emergence of Exploratory Actions in Children; 1.2 The Capuchin Monkeys: Highly Dextrous Species; 2 Experiments on Children and Monkeys. 2.1 The Mechatronic Board2.2 Participants; 2.3 Procedure; 2.3.1 Familiarization Phase; 2.3.2 Free Manipulation Phase; 2.3.3 Test Phase; 3 Results and Discussion; 4 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Current Achievements and Future Directions of Hand Prostheses Controlled via Peripheral Nervous System; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 User Needs; 3 Hand Prostheses and Myoelectric Control; 4 Neural Interfaces for Prosthesis Control and Afferent Stimulation; 5 Tactile Feedback and Neural Control of Upper-Limb Prostheses; 6 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References. The Hand, Human Identity and Creativity6 The Human Hand as a Microcosm. A Philosophical Overview on the Hand and Its Role in the Processes of Perception, Action, and Cognition; Abstract; 1 Morphology of the Human Body, Symbolic Intelligence, and Hand; 2 The Intelligent Hand: Perceptual and Cognitive Aspects; 3 Is the Hand Seeing or the Eye Touching? The Investigation of Philosophy; 4 Is the Hand Seeing or the Eye Touching? The Contribution of Experimental Psychology; 5 Conclusion; References.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 617.575; Philosophy; Artificial hands; Artificial hands -- Design and construction; Prosthesis; Hand; Artificial Limbs; Prosthesis Design; Touch Perception; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General; Artificial hands; Prosthesis; Technology & Engineering -- Engineering (General); Psychology -- Personality; Computers -- User Interfaces; Medical -- Ethics; Biomedical engineering; The self, ego, identity, personality; User interface design & usability; Bio-ethics; Biomedical engineering; Self; Computer science; Medical ethics; Philosophy -- Reference; Philosophy; Electronic book; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319668819; 3319668811
• Related ISBNs: 3319668803; 9783319668802
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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