scholarly journals Electrophysiological Potentials Reveal Cortical Mechanisms for Mental Imagery, Mental Simulation, and Grounded (Embodied) Cognition

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haline E. Schendan ◽  
Giorgio Ganis
Keyword(s):  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Mental Simulation

scholarly journals Changing Behaviour Using Mental Imagery Manual

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin S Hagger
Keyword(s):  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Health Behaviour ◽  
Mental Simulation ◽  
Specific Form ◽  
Behaviour Change Intervention ◽  
Multiple Contexts

This manual focuses on the use of imagery particularly mental simulations as a specific form of imagery and a means to change health behaviour. Imagery refers to a set of techniques that have been used in interventions to change behaviour in multiple contexts, including health. This manual will provide detail on the background and theory behind the use of imagery to change behaviour, introduce mental simulations as one form of imagery, outline how mental simulation interventions work, and provide a step-by-step guide on how to develop, implement, and evaluate an imagery behaviour-change intervention.

Embodied Cognition in Communication Science

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce W Hardy
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Mental Simulation ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Communication Models ◽  
Situate Knowledge ◽  
Sensorimotor Systems

Abstract Communication science is primarily based on traditional disembodied theories of cognition that inform much of the field's research endeavors. However, recent theories of embodied cognition that situate knowledge acquisition and attitude formation processes in our sensorimotor systems have challenged traditional amodal assumptions. While an embodied perspective is embraced in communication research related to virtual reality (VR), it has not been widely adopted in other areas of communication science. In this article, I (a) introduce and review relevant embodied cognition scholarship from various fields, (b) explicate embodiment in social interactions and language, (c) discuss embodied mental simulation, imagery, and visualization, (d) briefly present ways in which embodiment is currently being used to inform contemporary communication research related to VR, (e) explain how embodied mental simulation can be incorporated with traditional communication models, and (f) conclude with a call for nuanced theorizing and triangulated empirical support for communication theory with an embodied perspective.

The strong versions of embodied cognition: Three challenges faced

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omid Khatin-Zadeh ◽  
Zahra Eskandari ◽  
Sergio Cervera-Torres ◽  
Susana Ruiz-Fernandez ◽  
Reza Farzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Mental Simulation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Context Dependency ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Sensory Processes ◽  
Concrete Concepts

The aim of this article is to discuss three challenges to the so-called “strong” versions of embodiment. The strong versions of embodied cognition (SVEC) have been successful in explaining how concrete concepts (e.g., pencil) may be understood based on sensory processes, yet they have failed to offer a comprehensive understanding of abstract concepts (e.g., freedom). In this regard, this article pinpoints three areas where the SVEC face limitations. First, the SVEC fail to fully support the active or passive perspective that an agent may assume when processing abstract concepts via embodied metaphorical representations. Second, the SVEC do not offer a compelling explanation for three different types of mental simulation proposed for the representation of non-actual motion semantics: enactive perception, perceptual scanning, and imagination. Third, the SVEC fail to account for inter-individual, cross-cultural, and context-dependency in the representation of abstract concepts. To summarize, we argue that the findings from the SVEC should be integrated into broader “weak” embodiment theoretical perspectives, which propose that sensory-motor and modality-independent systems are involved in conceptual representations. Finally, we discuss the implications of our core argument in cognitive neuroscience.

scholarly journals Eating behavior from the perspective of embodied cognition: Based on the mental simulation approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 486
Author(s):  
Suhong XIONG ◽  
Hongjie SUN ◽  
Ji LU ◽  
Qi YAO ◽  
Quancheng ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Mental Simulation ◽  
Simulation Approach

scholarly journals Investigating Object Orientation Effects Across 14 Languages

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sau-Chin Chen ◽  
Anna Szabelska ◽  
Christopher R. Chartier ◽  
Zoltan Kekecs ◽  
Dermot Lynott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Mental Simulation ◽  
Object Orientation ◽  
Imagery Ability ◽  
Real Objects ◽  
Visual Properties ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Multiple Languages

Mental simulation theories of language comprehension propose that people automatically create mental representations of real objects. Evidence from sentence-picture verification tasks has shown that people mentally represent various visual properties such as shape, color, and size. However, the evidence for mental simulations of object orientation is limited. We report a study that investigates the match advantage of object orientation across speakers of different languages. This multi-laboratory project aims to achieve two objectives. First, we examine the replicability of the match advantage of object orientation across multiple languages and laboratories. Second, we will use a mental rotation task to measure participants’ mental imagery after the sentence-picture verification task. The relationship between the participants’ performance of the two tasks will provide a cross-linguistic examination of perceptual simulation processes. With the (broad) evaluation of individual mental imagery ability and potential linguistic moderators, we expect a robust estimation of match advantage of object orientation.

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