Embodied Cognition and Evidence from Neuroscience

Abstract

Modern social and cognitive psychology research has emphasized towards embodied cognition. It makes an effort to comprehend a variety of cognitive processes, including decision-making and social interpretation. According to current psychological theories, the brain alone is entirely responsible for creating our behaviour; perception serves as the input to a communicative, representational system that mentally transforms data into motor orders. This essay attempts to summarize and evaluate the current literature on the subject of embodied cognition that utilizes neuroscience-based evidence. Human beings integrate elements of their surroundings to aid in their cognitive function. We, thus, also see an incorporation of three dimensions of embodied cognition discussed in the literature