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Different Bodies, Different Minds: The body-specificity of language and thought| old_uid | 10641 |
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| title | Different Bodies, Different Minds: The body-specificity of language and thought |
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| start_date | 2012/01/09 |
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| schedule | 11h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | 2e étage |
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| details | Invité par l'équipe Perception-Action |
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| summary | Do people with different kinds of bodies think differently? According to the body-specificity hypothesis (Casasanto, 2009), they should. When people interact with the physical environment, their bodies constrain their percepts and actions. In this talk, I will review evidence that beyond influencing perception and action, the particulars of people’s bodies also shape their words, thoughts, feelings, and choices. Moreover, patterns of body-world interaction partly determine how word meanings, mental images, and emotions are implemented in the brain, according to converging evidence from fMRI, EEG, rTMS, and visual hemifield studies. Finally, these studies show that influences of the body on the brain and mind are not static. To the extent that habits of body-world interaction are stable, the habits of neurocognitive activity they encourage are stable over time; to the extent that they change, neurocognitive representations may change accordingly. The body is an ever-pr!
esent part of the context in which we use our minds, and therefore exerts pervasive influences on our thoughts by mobilizing perception, action, attention, and learning in body-specific ways. Bodily Relativity effects emerge from the body-specific deployment of ordinary and possibly universal neurocognitive mechanisms.
For more information:
Casasanto, D. (2011). Different Bodies, Different Minds: The body-specificity of language and thought. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20(6), 378–383.
Willems, R.M., Hagoort, P., & Casasanto, D. (2010). Body-specific representations of action verbs: Neural evidence from right- and left-handers. Psychological Science, 21(1), 67-74.
Casasanto, D. (2009). Embodiment of Abstract Concepts: Good and bad in right- and left-handers. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 138(3), 351-367.
http://www.casasanto.com/Site/papers.html |
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| oncancel | Ajout 25/11 |
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| responsibles | Rämä |
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