The embodied mind: when biology meets culture and society
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چکیده
Since the 1980s the study of the brain has developed from being a primarily biological field to a significant interdisciplinary area with a strong influence on the humanities and social sciences. In this article I describe fundamental elements in what I call the embodied mind paradigm, and new understanding of the relation between mind, body and emotions. The new paradigm challenges certain notions of constructivism in the humanities and social sciences, but also opens up fruitful venues for new interdisciplinary research. Here I outline such possibilities in the particular areas of linguistics, philosophy, sociology and film studies. This article is published as part of an ongoing collection dedicated to interdisciplinary research. DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2015.15 OPEN 1 Department of Media, Cognition and Communication, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (e-mail: [email protected]) PALGRAVE COMMUNICATIONS | 1:15015 |DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2015.15 |www.palgrave-journals.com/palcomms 1
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