Current research topics in embodied social cognition

Is social cognition embodied?

Theories of embodied cognition abound in the literature, but it is often unclear how to understand them. We offer several interpretations of embodiment, the most interesting being the thesis that mental representations in bodily formats (B-formats) have an important role in cognition. Potential B-formats include motoric, somatosensory, affective and interoceptive formats. The literature on mirr...

The Embodied Cognition Research Programme

Embodied Cognition is an approach to cognition that departs from traditional cognitive science in its reluctance to conceive of cognition as computational and in its emphasis on the significance of an organism’s body in how and what the organism thinks. Three lines of embodied cognition research are described and some thoughts on the future of embodied cognition offered. The embodied cognition ...

kant on the embodied cognition

Current Topics in Radiation Research, Vol. III

Henry Sigerist (1891-1957) was a leading medical historian of his generation. Restless, energetic, brilliant, charming, the range of his talents equalled that of his interests. Sigerist was born in France of Swiss parents. He received in Zurich, London, Munich, and Leipzig formal education successively in oriental philology, medicine, and medical history and before the end of his career held ap...

Current Topics in Radiation Research, Vol. 5

varies in a predictable manner in relation to the hormonal status of their female partners. Also correlating with these observations was M. Krsiak's demonstration that administration of various drugs to one aggressive mouse modified the aggressive behavior of its fighting partner. J. M. R. Delgado (New Haven) demonstrates that offensive and defensive behavior in monkeys and chimpanzees can be e...