Title Cognition and tool use : forms of engagement in human and animal use of tools / Christopher Baber

Published London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2003

Click on the following:
BIOSCIENCEnetBASE

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xi, 172 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- How animals use tools -- Tool use by primates and young -- The making of tools -- Working with tools -- The design of tools -- The semantics of tools -- How tool use breaks down -- Cognitive artefacts -- Tools in the twenty-first century -- Towards a theory of tool use -- Conclusions Summary Presents a single coherent account of human tool use as a complex psychomotor activity. Explains how people use tools and how this activity can succeed or fail, then describes the design and development of usable tools. Considers contemporary tool use in domains such as surgery, and considers future developments in human-computer interfaces, such as haptic virtual reality and tangible user interfaces.--ERGONOMICSnetBASE description Notes Title from title screen (viewed August 14, 2008) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-166) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Cognition and culture. Tools. Tool use in animals. Cognition. Culture. Human engineering. Cognition Behavior, Animal -- classification Culture Ergonomics Technology -- instrumentation cognition. culture note. ergonomics. culture (concept) Human engineering Culture Cognition Cognition and culture Tool use in animals Tools Form Electronic book ISBN 9781420024203 1420024205

  Permalink