Body knows first Late 20th to early 21st century

Body knows first Late 20th to early 21st century

Embodied cognition is the idea that human thoughts and judgments are not completed by brain processing alone, but are deeply connected to bodily conditions, sensations, and movement. Physical conditions such as posture, facial expression, muscle tension, and breathing directly influence emotional evaluation, comprehension, and speed of judgment. Recent studies in cognitive science and psychology have demonstrated the fact that smiling improves mood and frowning decreases comprehension. These findings reveal that people are not beings who think only with their minds, but understand the world through their entire bodies. Automatic, near-sensory thinking is integrated with bodily reactions and is difficult to control consciously. The embodied cognition perspective rethinks the reason-centered image of the human being and presents a dynamic understanding of the human being in which thought, body, and environment interact with each other.