Embodied cognition of aging

Embodied cognition of aging

Embodiment is revolutionizing the way we consider cognition by incorporating the influence of our body and of the current context within cognitive processing. A growing number of studies which support this view of cognition in young adults stands in stark contrast with the lack of evidence in favor of this view in the field of normal aging and neurocognitive disorders. Nonetheless, the validati...

kant on the embodied cognition

Down with Retirement: Implications of Embodied Cognition for Healthy Aging

Cognitive and neurocognitive approaches to human healthy aging attribute age-related decline to the biologically caused loss of cognitive-control functions. However, an embodied-cognition approach to aging implies a more interactive view according to which cognitive control emerges from, and relies on a person's active encounters with his or her physical and social environment. We argue that th...

Six Views of Embodied Cognition Six Views of Embodied Cognition

kant on the embodied cognition

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