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Embodied cognition

Embodied cognition represents a diverse group of theories which investigate how cognition is shaped by the bodily state and capacities of the organism. These embodied factors include the motor system, the perceptual system, bodily interactions with the environment (situatedness), and the assumptions about the world that shape the functional structure of…

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Applications
Education · Robotics · Clinical settings · Sport · Music
Bodily aspects
Motor system · Perceptual system · situatedness · Intrinsic assumptions
Cognitive features
Concepts · Categories · Perception · Language · Memory
Key concepts
Body · Mind · Environment · Affordance · Sensorimotor functions
Origin
20th century
Related fields
Cognitive science · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive neuroscience · Situated cognition · Philosophy

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Embodied cognition

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related to External links · 39
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related to Learning · 17
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related to Memory · 14
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related to Sensorimotor contingencies · 14
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related to Clinical settings · 13
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related to Theory · 13
Embodied cognition → An, Cartesian, Cognitive Science, Eleanor Rosch, Evan Thompson, Francisco, Human Experience, In, It, Proponents, The Embodied Mind, Varela, With
Cognitive features · 11
Embodied cognition → Categories, Concepts, Emotion, Language, Learning, Memory, Perception, Reasoning, Self-regulation, Sensorimotor contingencies, Social cognition
related to Emotion · 11
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related to Replication crisis and misinterpretation · 11
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related to Perception · 10
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Embodied cognitionApplicationsRobotics1.00infobox
Embodied cognitionApplicationsClinical settings1.00infobox
Embodied cognitionApplicationsSport1.00infobox
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Embodied cognitionApplicationsSocial psychology1.00infobox
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Embodied cognitionBodily aspectssituatedness1.00infobox
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Embodied cognitionCognitive featuresLanguage1.00infobox
Embodied cognitionCognitive featuresMemory1.00infobox
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Embodied cognitionCognitive featuresSelf-regulation1.00infobox
Embodied cognitionCognitive featuresSocial cognition1.00infobox
Embodied cognitionCognitive featuresSensorimotor contingencies1.00infobox
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Embodied cognitionKey conceptsAffordance1.00infobox
Embodied cognitionKey conceptsSensorimotor functions1.00infobox
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Embodied cognitionRelated fieldsCognitive psychology1.00infobox
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