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Questions like these have long driven research in embodied cognition, a theory of mental functioning that has gained increasing prominence in recent decades. This book explores embodied cognition from an experimental psychology perspective. Author Rebecca-Fincher Kiefer examines a wealth of evidence, including behavioral studies supported by neuroscientific findings, that suggest that our knowledge of the world is represented, or grounded, in the neural pathways that were used when we initially experienced those concepts. A "reuse" of these same neural pathways, according to embodiment theory, is therefore what constitutes thinking.
With compelling descriptions and an investigative spirit, this book is essential reading for graduate and undergraduate students, and anyone seeking to understand the past, present, and future of human cognition.
"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "This book explores embodied cognition from an experimental psychology perspective. Rebecca-Fincher Kiefer examines a wealth of evidence, including behavioral studies supported by neuroscientific findings, that suggest that our knowledge of the world is represented, or grounded, in the neural pathways that were used when we initially experienced those concepts. A "reuse" of these same neural pathways, according to embodiment theory, is therefore what constitutes thinking. This book is essential reading for graduate and undergraduate students, and anyone seeking to understand the past, present, and future of human cognition"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-182) and index. 650 0 $a Cognitive psychology. 650 7 $a PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Cognitive psychology. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00866541 776 08 $i Online version: $a Fincher-Kiefer, Rebecca, author. $t How the body shapes knowledge $d Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2019 $z 9781433830846 $w (DLC) 2019000437 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302015923.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=58A2E96A875711E9A56C064497128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWA