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Embodiment and Cognitive Science

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Author: Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr

Date Published: December 2005
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521010498

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This book describes the many ways that the mind and body are closely interrelated, and how human thought and language are fundamentally linked to bodily action. The embodied nature of mind is explored through many topics, such as perception, thinking, language use, development, emotions, and consciousness. People's embodied experiences are critical to the ways they think and speak and, most generally, understand themselves, other people, and the world around them. This work provides a strong defense of the idea that embodied action is critical to the study of human cognition.
- The attempt to link body and mind within the context of contemporary research in cognitive science
- The range of topics discussed include the self, perception, robotics, concepts, mental imagery, memory, language and communication, and consciousness
- The book should be understandable to readers with diverse interests and backgrounds having to do with the nature of mind and language
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"As a neuroscientist, I found this book to be thorough and extremely helpful"
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Product details
- Date Published: December 2005
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521010498
- length: 348 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 153 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.47kg
- contains: 2 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Bodies and persons
3. Perception and action
4. Concepts
5. Imagery, memory, and reasoning
6. Language and communication
7. Cognitive development
8. Emotion and consciousness
9. Conclusion.
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Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr
Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is previously the author of The Poetics of Mind and Understanding and Intentions in the Experience of Meaning. He is co-editor (with G. Steen) of Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics” and editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal, Metaphor and Symbol.