Embodied cognition (EC) underlines that cognition is constrained by the kind of body we
possess, and stresses the importance of action for cognition. In this perspective the body is …

Does the existence of body representations undermine the explanatory role of the body? Or
do certain types of representation depend so closely upon the body that their involvement in …

Embodied approaches to cognition hold that the body is crucial for cognition. Yet despite
many decades of research, 1 what this “embodiment thesis” 2 (Wilson and Foglia, 2011) …

This paper takes a new look at an old question: what is the human self? It offers a proposal
for theorizing the self from an enactive perspective as an autonomous system that is …

The aim of our paper is to show that there is a sense of body that is enactive in nature and
that enables to capture the most primitive sense of self. We will argue that the body is …

There is a long history in philosophy of asking what the relationship is between the mind and
the body. This question is as relevant to language as to any cognitive function, since …

The recent distinction between sense of agency and sense of body-ownership has attracted
considerable empirical and theoretical interest. The respective contributions of central motor …

In 1988, the cognitive revolution had become institutionalized: Cognition was the
manipulation of abstract symbols by rules. But, much like institutionalized political parties …

This chapter will use videotapes of young archaeologists learning how to see and excavate
the traces of an ancient village in the dirt they are digging to explore some of the ways in …

From the dichotomy of body and mind to embodied cognition, the body as a material entity
has become increasingly important in the cognitive development of individuals. Embodied …