According to the grounded perspective, cognition emerges from the interaction of classic
cognitive processes with the modalities, the body, and the environment. Rather than being …

Mental imagery research has weathered both disbelief of the phenomenon and inherent
methodological limitations. Here we review recent behavioral, brain imaging, and clinical …

Virtual Reality (VR) has been increasingly referred to as the “ultimate empathy machine”
since it allows users to experience any situation from any point of view. However, empirical …

Do video games show demonstrable relationships to academic achievement gains when
used to support the K-12 curriculum? In a review of literature, we identified 300+ articles …

Throughout the life span, individuals engage in affectionate touch with close others. Touch
receipt promotes well-being in infancy, but the impacts of touch in adult close relationships …

This book draws inspiration from Maurice Merleau-Ponty's concept of intercorporeality to
offer a new, multidisciplinary perspective on the body. By drawing attention to the body's …

Owing to advances in neuroimaging technology, the past couple of decades have witnessed
a surge of research on brain mechanisms that underlie human cognition. Despite the …

Cognitive flexibility is an important characteristic that helps humans pursue complex tasks,
such as multitasking and finding novel, adaptable solutions to changing demands. Yet it is …

Grounded cognition rejects traditional views that cognition is computation on amodal
symbols in a modular system, independent of the brain's modal systems for perception …

Meditation is an umbrella term, which subsumes a huge number of diverse practices. It is still
unclear how these practices can be classified in a reasonable way. Earlier proposals have …