"The theory that many features of cognition, whether human or otherwise, are shaped by aspects of an organism's entire body."
The idea that language and thought are based in bodily experiences and sensations.
Embodied Cognition: The idea that our perceptions, thoughts, and actions are influenced by our bodily experiences and interactions with the world around us.
Metaphor: The use of one concept or object to understand or explain another concept or object. Metaphors are an important means of conceptualizing abstract or complex ideas in terms of concrete or more easily understood experiences.
Conceptual Metaphor Theory: A framework for understanding how metaphors function in our thinking and language. It proposes that many common metaphors are based on our bodily experiences, and that these metaphors structure the way we think about and understand abstract concepts.
Image Schemas: Basic spatial and temporal patterns that are used to structure our thinking about various concepts, such as time, space, events, and causality.
Embodied Simulation: The idea that our brains use sensorimotor processes to simulate or "re-enact" the experiences of others, allowing us to understand and empathize with their actions, emotions, and intentions.
Embodiment and Language: The relationship between bodily experiences, mental representations, and language use. This includes studies on the role of embodied experience in language comprehension, production, and acquisition.
Embodied Perception and Attention: How bodily experiences and movements shape our perception and attention processes, and how this affects our cognitive and affective responses.
Embodied Emotion: The role of bodily responses and feedback in the experience, expression, and regulation of emotions. This includes studies on the neural, physiological, and behavioral aspects of emotional experience and expression.
Embodied Learning and Memory: How bodily experiences and action-based interactions with the environment contribute to learning, memory, and knowledge representation.
Embodied Social Cognition: The role of embodiment in social cognition, including how bodily experiences contribute to social understanding, perception, and interaction. This includes studies on empathy, theory of mind, and social influence.
Perceptual embodiment: This is when our perception is influenced by bodily experience. For example, our understanding of the concept of "up" is linked to our experience of looking up.
Motor embodiment: This is when our understanding of language is influenced by our motor abilities. For example, when we hear the word "grasp," we may feel a slight movement in our hand.
Emotive embodiment: This is when our emotions are linked to our bodily experiences. For example, feeling a "heavy heart" when we are sad.
Social embodiment: This is when our understanding of language is shaped by our social experiences. For example, our use of pronouns may reflect social hierarchies.
Experiential embodiment: This is when our understanding of language is shaped by our personal experiences. For example, our understanding of the word "love" may be influenced by our own experiences of love.
Conceptual embodiment: This is when our understanding of concepts is grounded in sensory and motor experience. For example, our understanding of the concept of "justice" may be linked to our experience of physical balance.
"The cognitive features include high-level mental constructs (such as concepts and categories) and performance on various cognitive tasks (such as reasoning or judgment)."
"The motor system, the perceptual system, the bodily interactions with the environment (situatedness), and the assumptions about the world built the functional structure of an organism's brain and body."
"It challenges other theories, such as cognitivism, computationalism, and Cartesian dualism."
"It is closely related to the extended mind thesis, situated cognition, and enactivism."
"The modern version depends on insights drawn from up-to-date research in psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, dynamical systems, artificial intelligence, robotics, animal cognition, plant cognition, and neurobiology."
"Concepts and categories."
"Reasoning or judgment."
"It involves the motor system."
"The bodily interactions with the environment (situatedness)."
"Assumptions about the world built the functional structure of an organism's brain and body."
"It is closely related to the extended mind thesis."
"It is closely related to situated cognition."
"It is closely related to enactivism."
"Psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, dynamical systems, artificial intelligence, robotics, animal cognition, plant cognition, and neurobiology."
"It challenges cognitivism."
"It challenges computationalism."
"It challenges Cartesian dualism."
"Many features of cognition, whether human or otherwise, are shaped by aspects of an organism's entire body."
"Aspects of an organism's entire body."