In this paper, we outline the embodied perspective of language comprehension indicating some of its limitations. We claim that the notions of language as a tool (CLARK 2006a, 2006b), might be useful to overcome a view focused only on referential aspects of language. Words, in quality of tools, can: a. facilitate communication among speakers; b. influence categorization; c. have a different impa...

Can an individual’s body posture (expansive or contractive) affect their creative thinking (divergent convergent)? Based on embodied cognition and the debate about impact of nonverbal physical postures expressing power psychological behavioral outcomes, five experiments were conducted. We tested prediction that expansive would have a positive effect creativity tasks no right wrong answer optima...

The primary goal of this research was to determine the relationship between innovative pedagogical methods and classroom management. Traditional pedagogy has been found be out date in recent years, especially terms how teachers deliver their teaching management classroom. time is right recognize cutting-edge educational that are currently being implemented on a world wild scale or locally, depe...

Our behavior can change what we like and dislike. Although it seems clear that we might like something more when we smile (versus frown), or when we nod our heads (versus shake), it is important to understand the processes responsible for these changes in evaluation. It might be that agreement behaviors such as smiling and nodding work as cue, make us think about everything in a positive light,...

global warming is one of the major concerns in environmental issues. its effects are being exposed faster than anticipated recently. it causes adverse ecological and socioeconomical effects. the 4th assessment report issued by the u. n.’s intergovernmental panel on climate change (ipcc) states that it is appropriate to define global warming was caused by greenhouse gases due to human activities...

In this paper, we combine dialogic and embodied theories of learning to create a unified analytic lens. Embodied cognition is theoretical approach operating under the premise that thinking communication are multimodal activities. Under premise, dialogue between learners needs be conceptualized using We identify voices as speech movement bundles situated within context describe phenomenon call M...

At the beginning of twentieth century in midst Russian Orthodox Church, a movement was most clearly manifested, which set goal renewal at all levels church life. On one hand, public discussion and idea Church took shape as towards return canonical system, subsequently embodied holding Local Council 1917–1918, on other especially among intelligentsia – “new religious thinking”. According to conc...

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 ...