Embodied cognition names a diverse group of theories holding that cognition is shaped by the bodily state and capacities of the organism doing the thinking. These embodied factors include the motor system, the perceptual system, an organism's bodily interactions with its environment, and the assumptions about the world built into the functional structure of its brain and body. Embodied cognition proposes that these bodily elements are essential to a wide range of cognitive functions, including perception biases, memory recall, comprehension, high level mental constructs and performance on cognitive tasks.
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Core ClaimA family of theories holding that cognition is shaped by the bodily state and capacities of the organism, including its motor system, perceptual system and situated interactions with the environment, challenging purely computationalist or Cartesian dualist accounts of the mind. 2 Classification
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How does embodied cognition differ from traditional cognitive science?
Traditional cognitive science treats thinking as computation in the brain. Embodied cognition rejects or reworks that view and stresses the role of the physical body.
Traditional cognitive science rests on a conception of mind tied to computationalism: mental processes are computational processes, and the brain, as a computer, is the seat of cognition. Embodied cognition, in contrast, variously rejects or reformulates those computational commitments, and it emphasizes the significance of an agent's physical body in cognitive abilities.
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Source 4E Cognition (Wikipedia)
Enactivism's own entity-description states it is closely related to situated cognition and embodied cognition.
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1. Embodied cognition (Wikipedia)
a diverse group of theories which investigate how cognition is shaped by the bodily state and capacities of the organismView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Embodied Cognition
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Embodied cognition represents a diverse group of theories which investigate how cognition is shaped by the bodily state and capacities of the organism.
In Group: Embodied, Situated and Distributed Cognition Theories, Lead
Embodied cognition represents a diverse group of theories which investigate how cognition is shaped by the bodily state and capacities of the organism.
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Embodiment or embodied cognition arguably presents the bridge between cognitivism and 4E cognition
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