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Preferred term

extended cognition hypothesis  

Definition

  • The hypothesis whereby cognition does not take place exclusively in the brain and in fact extends into the environment to which the subject is coupled.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • extended cognition theory
  • extended mind thesis
  • hypothesis of extended cognition
  • hypothesis of extended mind

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Clark, A., & Chalmers, D. (1998). The extended mind. Analysis, 58(1), 7–19. https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/58.1.7

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

  • • Michaelian, K. (2012). Is external memory memory? Biological memory and extended mind. Consciousness and Cognition, 21(3), 1154–1165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2012.04.008

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

  • • Ongaro, G., Hardman, D., & Deschenaux, I. (2022). Why the extended mind is nothing special but is central. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-022-09827-5

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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