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Can object affordances impact on human social learning of tool use?
Pierre O. Jacquet, Alessia Tessari, Ferdinand Binkofski, Anna M. Borghi
Journal: Behavioral and Brain Sciences / Volume 35 / Issue 4 / August 2012
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 June 2012, pp. 227-228
Print publication: August 2012
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The author describes “higher” and “uniquely human” sociocognitive skills that he argues as being necessary for tool use. We propose that those skills could be based on simpler detection systems humans could share with other animal tool users. More specifically, we discuss the impact of object affordances on the understanding and the social learning of tool use.

Body image and body schema: The shared representation of body image and the role of dynamic body schema in perspective and imitation
Alessia Tessari, Anna M. Borghi
Journal: Behavioral and Brain Sciences / Volume 30 / Issue 2 / April 2007
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 August 2007, pp. 221-222
Print publication: April 2007
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Our commentary addresses two issues that are not developed enough in the target article. First, the model does not clearly address the distinction among external objects, external body parts, and internal bodies. Second, the authors could have discussed further the role of body schema with regard to its dynamic character, and its role in perspective and in imitation.

A neuropsychological approach to motor control and imagery
Barbara Tomasino, Corrado Corradi-Dell'Acqua, Alessia Tessari, Caterina Spiezio, Raffaella Ida Rumiati
Journal: Behavioral and Brain Sciences / Volume 27 / Issue 3 / June 2004
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2004, p. 419
Print publication: June 2004
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In his article Grush proposes a potentially useful framework for explaining motor control, imagery, and perception. In our commentary we will address two issues that the model does not seem to deal with appropriately: one concerns motor control, and the other, the visual and motor imagery domains. We will consider these two aspects in turn.