Embodiment and Cognitive Science

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