The implications of embodiment : cognition and communication / edited by Wolfgang Tschacher and Claudia Bergomi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tschacher, Wolfgang, editor.

Bergomi, Claudia, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body (Philosophy).

Interpersonal communication.

Cognition.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Movement, Psychology of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter, UK : Imprint Academic, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edited volume is scientifically based, but readable for a larger audience, covering the concept of "embodied cognition" and its implications from a transdisciplinary angle. The contributions are from the fields of psychology, computer science, biology, philosophy, and psychiatry.First, the roots of embodiment are described with historical, computer-science, and phenomenological viewpoints. It is argued that embodied cognition is relevant for the discussion of intentionality, with a particular focus on underlying neural processes as well as the context of synergetics and self-organization theory.As cognition is socially embedded, a large section of this book concentrates on "embodied communication": How does embodiment influence the way to approach others, what role do body movements play in social interaction, what is the function of nonverbal synchrony in interpersonal relationships and psychotherapy? Embodied cognitive agents are further embedded in particular cultural a.

Contents:

Cover ; Contents ; Front Matter ; Title Page ; Publisher Information ; Introduction ; The Implications of Embodiment ; Scientific Roots of Embodiment; In Quest of Human Nature: Rediscovery of the Body; The Implications of Embodiment for Behavior and Cognition: Animal and Robotic Case Studies ; Interpretations of Embodied Cognition ; Embodiment: Formal Approaches; The Transfer of Principles of Non-Equilibrium Physics to Embodied Cognition ; Embodied Inference: or "I think therefore I am, if I am what I think" ; Social Embodiment

Expanding Perspectives: The Interactive Development of Perspective-Taking in Early Childhood Basic Body Rhythms: From Individual to Interpersonal Movement Feedback ; Dance: the Human Body as a Dynamic Motion System; Nonverbal synchrony in psychotherapy: embodiment at the level of the dyad ; The Role of Embodied Communication in Therapeutic Change: A Multiple Code Perspective ; Embodiment & Ecological Psychology; Affordances, Effectivities, and Extension of the Body; Embodiment and the Arts; Back Matter ; About the Authors; Also Available

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 11, 2016).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-84540-551-X

OCLC:

941700242