Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone cover image

BS 193 "Embodied Mind:" What does this mean?

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

CHAPTER

Embodied Cognition

Embodied cognition is an alternative approach to cognitive science. It means thinking that the mind is working like a language, taking perceptions and organizing them into sense. The body or world plays a constitutive role, rather than a merely causal role in cognitive processing. In this embodied approach, conceptualization and reasoning are based on the same sensory, motor and affective processes as perception and action.

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner