Origins of Symbolic Gesture
October 19–20, 2015
The goal of this 'salon' is to discuss concrete scenarios (such as ontogenetic ritualization) for the origins of symbolic gesture in animals, robots and humans, from the viewpoints of neurobiology, cognitive science, and language.
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Participants
Michael
Arbib
University of Southern California
Dorit
Bar-On
Fellow
2015/2016
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Holger
Diessel
Fellow
2015/2016
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Paul
van Eecke
University of Brussels
Dario
Floreano
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Peter
Gärdenfors
Fellow
2015/2016
Lund University
Manfred
Hild
Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin
Katja
Liebal
Freie Universität Berlin
Richard
Moore
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Federico
Rossano
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Antonella
Tramacere
University of Parma