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Embodiment and performance

Bessell, J. and Riddell, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4916-2057 (2016) Embodiment and performance. Changing English, 23 (4). pp. 326-333. ISSN 1358-684X

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1080/1358684X.2016.1219226

Abstract/Summary

Evidence suggests that some cognitive processes are based on sensorimotor systems in the brain (embodied cognition). The premise of this is that 'Biological brains are first and foremost the control systems for biological bodies' (Clark 1998, 506). It has therefore been suggested that both online cognition (processing as we move through the world) and offline cognition (processing through reflection) might be body-based (Wilson 2002). We tested whether acting out, or thinking movements relevant to a poem would therefore improve memory for the poem. Here, we discuss the results of this study in relation to embodied cognition.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Psychology
Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Language and Cognition
ID Code:67234
Publisher:Taylor & Francis

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