embodied cognition, the idea that physical properties of the human body, particularly the perceptual and motor systems, play an important role in cognition (thinking, problem solving, action planning, and memory). In this way of thinking, the sensation of movement is inextricably bound with knowledge. Embodied cognition is consistent with this book’s developmental cognitive neuroscience approach. It sees humans as embodied, ecologically and genetically embedded social agents who shape and are shaped by their environment. The body influences the mind just as the mind influences the body.
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