Natalie Angier wrote this article on embodied cognition in Feb. 1, 2010 New York Times.
"The new study, published in January in the journal Psychological Science, is part of the immensely popular field called embodied cognition, the idea that the brain is not the only part of us with a mind of its own.
“How we process information is related not just to our brains but to our entire body,” said Nils B. Jostmann of the University of Amsterdam. “We use every system available to us to come to a conclusion and make sense of what’s going on.”
Research in embodied cognition has revealed that the body takes language to heart and can be awfully literal-minded."
"gesturing has been shown to help children master math"
"Yesterday is regrettable, tomorrow still hypothetical. But you can always listen to your body, and seize today with both hands."
I, for one, am glad that people are beginning to discover what dancers and dance movement therapists have always known.
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