Embodied cognition is the latest sexy topic in cognitive science. There is, however, a great deal of confusion about exactly what it means and how to study it.

Embodied cognition is the latest sexy topic in cognitive science. There is, however, a great deal of confusion about exactly what it means and how to study it.

How has Homo sapiens uncovered the laws of nature, invented technology and established culture and institutions? Most scientists' answers to that question have been top-heavy, referring to ...

The first robot I remember is Rosie from The Jetsons, soon followed by the urbane C-3PO and his faithful sidekick R2-D2 in ...

Embodied cognition, teaching and learning, climate cognition and emotion. I study how the human body shapes the way we think (embodied cognition). Much of my work uses gestures produced along with ...

By metaphorically blending spatial and embodied concepts into narrative timelines, strategies of spatial mental representation allow spectators to conceive and comprehend various forms of ...

Embodied cognition proposes that people understand the words for objects through how they interact with them, so the researchers devised a test to observe semantic processing of words when the ...

Analysis: researchers have been using embodied cognition to teach science concepts in Irish schools. By John White and Cliona Murphy, DCU. Once upon a time, there was the strong argument that the ...

Embodied cognition tells us we do not need to wait for an emotion—we can enter the feedback loop with physical behaviors alone. What does it look like to engage in the bodily action of ...