Embodiment of Values

Commentary: First-Order Embodiment, Second-Order Embodiment, Third-Order Embodiment

The framework of first-, second-, and third-order embodiment (1-3E; Metzinger, 2014) was developed for exploring how phenomenal properties are physically and computationally grounded. Metzinger’s goal for 1-3E is to show how the experience of being a self (i.e., phenomenal selfhood) is generated within an embodied system and thus to embed his self-model theory (Metzinger, 2004) in the context o...

Embodiment Of

Embodiment of Approach Motivation 1 The Embodiment of Approach Motivation

One of the most fundamental and important aspects of motivation is the urge to approach, which is manifest in its most basic form by moving toward (Harmon-Jones, Harmon-Jones, & Price, in press). Although much research has examined cognitive influences on approach motivation, less research has examined bodily influences. In this chapter (talk), we will present the results of a program of resear...

Psychometrics of Embodiment RUNNING HEAD: Psychometrics of Embodiment What is Embodiment? A Psychometric Approach

Mechanisms of embodiment

This paper is a critical review of recent studies demonstrating the mechanism of sensorimotor simulation in different cognitive domains. Empirical studies that specify conditions under which embodiment occurs in different domains will be discussed and evaluated. Examples of relevant domains are language comprehension (Tucker and Ellis, 1998), autobiographical memory (Dijkstra et al., 2007), ges...