How the body shapes knowledge : empirical support for embodied cognition /

"If you are leaning backwards in your chair, are you more likely to think about the past than the future? When you say that someone "leaves me cold," do you literally feel cold? What role does the body play in our perceptions of the world? Is the mind calculating machine, or are our t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fincher-Kiefer, Rebecca (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2019]
Temas:
Cognitive psychology.
Cognitive therapy.
Psychology > methods
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Psychologie cognitive.
Thérapie cognitive.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Physiological Psychology.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. An Introduction to the Theory of Embodied Cognition; 2. The Bodyʼs Role in Perception; 3. The Bodyʼs Role in Social and Emotional Judgments; 4. The Bodyʼs Role in Higher Order Cognition; 5. The Bodyʼs Role in Language Comprehension; 6. The Role of Simulation in Cognitive Judgments; 7. The Role of Simulation in Emotion; 8. The Role of Metaphor in the Representation of Abstract Concepts; 9. Reactions to the Theory of Embodied Cognition; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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