Embodied cognition is the theory that our behaviour comes from more than just the brain. The way we move, the types of bodies we have, and how we perceive the world all work with the brain to create ...

I recently conducted the following interview with Dr. Andrew Wilson and Dr. Sabrina Golonka, authors of the popular blog PyschScienceNotes, about embodied cognition. I reached out to them to offer ...

I believe that the principle of Embodied Cognition is probably one of the most significant and important concepts to understand about virtual reality. Cognitive science researchers have been ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Amanda Smith: Does your body have a mind of its own? Do we neglect our bodies because we underestimate ...

Psychology is not just the mind, this course introduces and explores the idea that our mind is rooted in our body and that perhaps it is time to move on from this dichotomy. This course will touch on ...

The concept of embodied cognition is a hot topic within immersive education circles, and was a featured topic at during the Embodied Learning educational workshop that happened at the IEEE VR academic ...

Cognitive scientist Benjamin K. Bergen’s Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning recounts that the parts of the brain engaged when throwing a baseball also fire up when ...

In Embodying Design (on sale March 22, 2022 from the MIT Press), author Christopher Baber looks to rethink design. Baber—who serves as Chair of Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing in the School of ...

(1) Humans (for example, artists) have the intention to convey thought to others. This thought is embodied. Conceptual metaphor exemplifies one kind of cognitive mechanism through which this principle ...