An embodied approach to understanding: Making sense of the world through simulated bodily activity

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2016, Pages

  Soylu, Firat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofunctional understanding; Embodied cognition; Evolution of cognition; Psychological understanding; Simulation theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009227695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01914     Document Type: Review

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