On the primacy of cognition.

1984/02/01 by Richard S. Lazarus · 1,339 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Action Observation and Synchronization #Cognition #Cognitive Science and Education Research #Cognitive psychology #Cognitive science #Developmental psychology #Embodied and Extended Cognition #Neuroscience #Psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.39.2.124

published in American Psychologist 39(2), 124-129 (American Psychological Association)

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