This is a collection of pithy and accessible essays on the nature and implications of human embodiment which explore the concept of â human beingâ in the most unprecedented manner through seemingly disparate academic disciplines.
This is a collection of pithy and accessible essays on the nature and implications of human embodiment which explore the concept of â human beingâ in the most unprecedented manner through seemingly disparate academic disciplines.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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Advances in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
Nancy K. Dess, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Occidental College, USA, with primary expertise in experimental and comparative psychology. Beyond her empirical research, she advocates for multilevel integrative approaches to complex phenomena, the democratizing potential of science, and fully embodied conceptualizations of the lives of humans and other animals.
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Series Editor's Foreword (Brent D. Slife) Preface by the Book Editor (Nancy K. Dess) List of Contributors Introduction Face it or Replace it? Why Computational Metaphors Fall Short and Why We Need a New Approach (Louise Barrett) Part I: Being 1. The Matter of Life and Death: How Humans Embody the Universe (Iris Schrijver and Karel Schrijver) 2. At Home in Deep Time (Marcia Bjornerud) 3. The Secrets of Life: The Vital Roles of RNA Networks and Viruses (Luis Villarreal and Guenther Witzany) 4. A Brief History of Death (Sheldon Solomon) Part II: Engaging 5. Attentive Bodies: Epigenetic Processes and Concepts of Human Being (Samantha Frost) 6. Uncovering the Living Body: Bodies and Agents in the Cognitive Sciences (Fred Keijzer) 7. Approaching Learning Hands First: How Gesture Influences Thought (Susan Goldin-Meadow) 8. Digitization, Reading, and the Body: Handling Texts on Paper and Screens (Anne Mangen) Part III: Coordinating 9. Embodied Time: A Shared, Ancient Heritage (Barbara Helm) 10. Rhythm and the Body (Gregory A. Bryant) 11. The Embodiment of Emotion (Giovanna Colombetti) 12. Body Focus in Expert Action (Barbara Gail Montero, John Toner, and Aidan Moran) Part IV: (Re)Locating 13. How Bodies Become Viscous (Arun Saldanha) 14. Embodiment, Plasticity, Biosociality, and Epigenetics: The Politics of a Vulnerable Body for Toxic Times (Maurizio Meloni) 15. Violating the Inviolable: Evolved Reproductive Prerogatives of Individual Women (Patricia Adair Gowaty) 16. Embodiment and the Lived Experience of Diaspora (Bibi Bakare-Yusuf) Part V: Healing 17. Vital Energy, Health, and Medicine (Shin Lin and Gaetan Chevalier) 18. The Power of Touch: Oxytocin, the "Love Hormone," is Released by Massage Therapy (Tiffany Field) 19. Traumatic Embodiment: Traumatic Exposure and Healing (Paula Thomson) 20. Virtual Embodiment and Embodied Cognition: Effect of Virtual Reality Perspective Taking Tasks on Empathy and Prejudice (Fernanda Herrera) Epilogue What Embodiment Is (Anthony Chemero) Index
Series Editor's Foreword (Brent D. Slife) Preface by the Book Editor (Nancy K. Dess) List of Contributors Introduction Face it or Replace it? Why Computational Metaphors Fall Short and Why We Need a New Approach (Louise Barrett) Part I: Being 1. The Matter of Life and Death: How Humans Embody the Universe (Iris Schrijver and Karel Schrijver) 2. At Home in Deep Time (Marcia Bjornerud) 3. The Secrets of Life: The Vital Roles of RNA Networks and Viruses (Luis Villarreal and Guenther Witzany) 4. A Brief History of Death (Sheldon Solomon) Part II: Engaging 5. Attentive Bodies: Epigenetic Processes and Concepts of Human Being (Samantha Frost) 6. Uncovering the Living Body: Bodies and Agents in the Cognitive Sciences (Fred Keijzer) 7. Approaching Learning Hands First: How Gesture Influences Thought (Susan Goldin-Meadow) 8. Digitization, Reading, and the Body: Handling Texts on Paper and Screens (Anne Mangen) Part III: Coordinating 9. Embodied Time: A Shared, Ancient Heritage (Barbara Helm) 10. Rhythm and the Body (Gregory A. Bryant) 11. The Embodiment of Emotion (Giovanna Colombetti) 12. Body Focus in Expert Action (Barbara Gail Montero, John Toner, and Aidan Moran) Part IV: (Re)Locating 13. How Bodies Become Viscous (Arun Saldanha) 14. Embodiment, Plasticity, Biosociality, and Epigenetics: The Politics of a Vulnerable Body for Toxic Times (Maurizio Meloni) 15. Violating the Inviolable: Evolved Reproductive Prerogatives of Individual Women (Patricia Adair Gowaty) 16. Embodiment and the Lived Experience of Diaspora (Bibi Bakare-Yusuf) Part V: Healing 17. Vital Energy, Health, and Medicine (Shin Lin and Gaetan Chevalier) 18. The Power of Touch: Oxytocin, the "Love Hormone," is Released by Massage Therapy (Tiffany Field) 19. Traumatic Embodiment: Traumatic Exposure and Healing (Paula Thomson) 20. Virtual Embodiment and Embodied Cognition: Effect of Virtual Reality Perspective Taking Tasks on Empathy and Prejudice (Fernanda Herrera) Epilogue What Embodiment Is (Anthony Chemero) Index
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