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Perception-action links and the evolution of human speech exchange

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2003

Thomas P. Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 wilson@soc.ucsb.edu
Margaret Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 mlwilson@cats.ucsc.edu http://psych.ucsc.edu/Faculty/mWilson.shtml

Abstract

A perception-action system may underlie the mechanisms by which human speech exchange in social interaction is managed, as well as the evolutionary precursors of these mechanisms in closely related species. Some phenomena of interaction well-studied by sociologists are suggested as a point of departure for further research.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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