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abstract: 'An example of sending two messages in an e-mail program reveals a fundamental sequence-construction mechanism by which perceptual categories and motor schema are automatically generalized. By this mechanism, the human brain accomplishes more flexibly what we take for granted in stored-program computers-ordered steps (a sequence of operators in a problem space), variable bindings, conditional statements, and subgoaling.'
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keywords: 'neuroscience, interface design, transaction, situated action, situated cognition, perceptual-motor co-ordination, conceptualization, motor schema, memory, human learning, task analysis, cognitive modeling'
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title: 'Interactive coordination processes: How the brain accomplishes what we take for granted in computer languages'
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