Perceptual and Emotional Embodiment: Foundations of Embodied Cognition Volume 1 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138805807 ISBN 13: 9781138805804

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

This two-volume set provides a comprehensive overview of the multidisciplinary field of Embodied Cognition. With contributions from internationally acknowledged researchers from a variety of fields, Foundations of Embodied Cognition reveals how intelligent behaviour emerges from the interplay between brain, body and environment.

Covering early research and emerging trends in embodied cognition, Volume 1 Perceptual and Emotional Embodiment is divided into four distinct parts, bringing together a number of influential perspectives and new ideas. Part one opens the volume with an overview of theoretical perspectives and the neural basis of embodiment, before part two considers body representation and its links with action. Part three examines how actions constrain perception of the environment, and part four explores how emotions can be shaped and structured by the body and its activity.

Building on the idea that knowledge acquisition, retention and retrieval are intimately interconnected with sensory and motor processes, Foundations of Embodied Cognition is a landmark publication in the field. It will be of great interest to researchers and advanced students from across the cognitive sciences, including those specialising in psychology, neuroscience, intelligent systems and robotics, philosophy, linguistics and anthropology.

About this title

About the Author:

Yann Coello is Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology, University of Lille, France.

Martin H. Fischer is Professor of Cognitive Sciences, University of Potsdam, Germany.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1138805807
• ISBN 13: 9781138805804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 298
• Editor: Coello Yann, Fischer Martin H.