title: An ecological alternative to a "sad response": public language use transcends the boundaries of the skin.
abstract: Embedding theories of language production and comprehension in theories of action-perception is realistic and highlights that production and comprehension processes are interleaved. However, layers of internal models that repeatedly predict future linguistic actions and perceptions are implausible. I sketch an ecological alternative whereby perceiver/actors are modeled as dynamical systems coupled to one another and to the environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA. carol.fowler@uconn.edu
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Fowler
mesh_terms: D032882:Comprehension / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*