Action, Perception and the Brain

HENRY BRIGHTON Max Planck Institute for Human Development, GermanyMERLIN DONALD Department of Psychology, Queens University, CanadaROBIN I.M.DUNBAR Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Oxford University, UKSHAUN GALLAGHER Department of Philosophy, University of South Florida, USAGERD GIGERENZER Max Planck Institute for Human Development, GermanyARTHUR M.GLENBERG Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, USAPATRICK HEELAN Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University, USASÉBASTIEN HÉTU Department of Psychology, University of Laval, CanadaPHILIP L.JACKSON Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, USAMARK JOHNSON Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon, USAKATSUNORI MIYAHARA Department of Philosophy, University of South Florida, USASUSANNE SHULTZ Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Oxford University, UKMICHAEL WHEELER Department of Philosophy, University of Stirling, UK

• Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction The Slow Process: A Hypothetical Cognitive Adaptation for Distributed Cognitive Networks; M.Donald Social Cognition and Cortical Function: An Evolutionary Perspective; S.Shultz & R.I.M.Dunbar Homo Heuristicus and the Bias-Variance Dilemma; H.Brighton & G. Gigerenzer Action, Embodied Meaning, and Thought; M.Johnson Neo-Pragmatism and Enactive Intentionality; S.Gallagher & K.Miyahara Minds, Things, and Materiality; M.Wheeler Contributions of Mirror Mechanisms to the Embodiment of Cognition; A.M.Glenberg The Neural Systems Involved in Motor Cognition and Social Contact; S.Hétu & P.L.Jackson Action and Cephalic Expression: Hermeneutical Pragmatism; J.Schulkin & P.Heelan References Index