Embodied Cultural Cognition: Situating the Study of Embodied Cognition in Socio-cultural Contexts

• Main Authors: LEUNG, Angela K. Y., QIU, Lin, ONG, Lay See, TAM, Kim-Pong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Cognition and Perception; Multicultural Psychology; Personality and Social Contexts
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1027; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2283/viewcontent/Leung_et_al_2011_Social_and_Personality_Psychology_Compass.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Embodiment research has demonstrated that cognition is grounded in bodily interactions with the environment and that abstract concepts are tied to the body’s sensory and motor systems. Building upon this embodiment perspective and advancing our understanding, we discuss the extension of embodied cul...