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Embodied Grounding: Social, Cognitive, Affective, and Neuroscientific Approaches
Gün R. Semin
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Description for Embodied Grounding: Social, Cognitive, Affective, and Neuroscientific Approaches
Hardcover. An enlightening work exploring relations of the body to thought, language use, emotion and social relationships. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 35.
In recent years there has been an increasing awareness that a comprehensive understanding of language, cognitive and affective processes, and social and interpersonal phenomena cannot be achieved without understanding the ways these processes are grounded in bodily states. The term 'embodiment' captures the common denominator of these developments, which come from several disciplinary perspectives ranging from neuroscience, cognitive science, social psychology, and affective sciences. For the first time, this volume brings together these varied developments under one umbrella and furnishes a comprehensive overview of this intellectual movement in the cognitive-behavioral sciences. The chapters review current work on relations of ... Read more
In recent years there has been an increasing awareness that a comprehensive understanding of language, cognitive and affective processes, and social and interpersonal phenomena cannot be achieved without understanding the ways these processes are grounded in bodily states. The term 'embodiment' captures the common denominator of these developments, which come from several disciplinary perspectives ranging from neuroscience, cognitive science, social psychology, and affective sciences. For the first time, this volume brings together these varied developments under one umbrella and furnishes a comprehensive overview of this intellectual movement in the cognitive-behavioral sciences. The chapters review current work on relations of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521880190
SKU
V9780521880190
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About Gün R. Semin
Gün R. Semin is Academy Professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and of Utrecht University. Eliot R. Smith is Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Indiana University, Bloomington.
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