Alyson Stoner Instagram – 🤓🧠 4E Cognition??? ⬇️
Spoke on @thementalgamepod about 4E Cognition (Embodied, Embedded, Enactive, Extended). This isn’t a *new* or end-all, be-all framework. It’s one Westernized launchpad for further research so we can understand how our minds/brains operate.
Here’s a brief summary quoting Professor Shaun Gallagher:
“Cognition is not just in the head or neuronal processes in the brain. It’s something that involves the body, and the situation of the body in the environment.”
“Embodied: this idea traces back to Merleau-Ponty, phenomenology, and Varela in ‘Embodied Mind.’ The brain co-evolved with the body.”
“Embedded: our environment is physical, social, and cultural. We engage in various practices shaped by the kinds of things around us (buildings, landscape, etc), which help us define different possibilities for how we can act.”
“Enacted: This suggests that the relationship between the body and the environment is primarily geared towards action, what we can do. We’re always tuned into the practicality of what is possible.”
“Extended: This develops out of the theory of distributed cognition. It makes a strong claim about how instruments and objects are part of cognitive processes and what constitutes cognition.”
Among many other benefits and applications, this can help us improve our well-being with more tailored and comprehensive interventions.
🌞 P.S. Listeners of the pod received a special discount for my eBook 1 Year of @movementgenius. See you in class! | Posted on 06/Jul/2024 21:23:43
