Porcelain Publishing / JHC / Volume 3 / Issue 1 / DOI: 10.47297/wspctWSP2515-470205.2019XX01
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Embodied Cognition View: The Return of Body As Subject in Cognitive Science Research 

Chen Bo1 Chen Wei2 Jun Ding1
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Abstract

The view of embodied cognition believes that cognition is embodied in nature, only the dynamics involved in the interaction between cognitive activities and the nervous system, body and environment, only by closely linking the correct evaluation of time-dependent and relationship, then only can make a correct understanding of cognitive activities.The core concepts of body and environment involved in embodied cognition are different from the body and environment in the usual sense. In terms of research methods, dynamic research methods that are different from traditional computer simulations are also adopted. The article first integrates and analyzes the basic position and general propositions in the discipline, then the embodied cognition are explained based on author's understanding. In addition, the suitability of dynamic research methods , its advantages and disadvantages is analyzed, and finally, a brief summary of the current status of embodied cognition research.

Keywords
embodied cognition; position; opinion; body view; dynamic researchmethod
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