Search for dissertations about: "embodied mind"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words embodied mind.

  2. 1. On architecture, aesthetic experience and the embodied mind

    Author : Åsa Dahlin; KTH; []
    Keywords : architectural theory; architectural value; aesthetics; aesthetic experience; cognition; consciousness; embodied mind; emotions; experience; experiencing architecture; mind; pragmatism; senses;

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  4. 2. Minding the Body : Interacting socially through embodied action

    Author : Jessica Lindblom; Tom Ziemke; Shaun Gallagher; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Embodiment; embodied cognition; embodied cognitive science; social interaction; social cognition; embodied action; interactive technology; Cognitive science; Kognitionsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation clarifies the role and relevance of the body in social interaction and cognition from an embodied cognitive science perspective. Theories of embodied cognition have during the past two decades offered a radical shift in explanations of the human mind, from traditional computationalism which considers cognition in terms of internal symbolic representations and computational processes, to emphasizing the way cognition is shaped by the body and its sensorimotor interaction with the surrounding social and material world. READ MORE

  5. 3. Mind Games Extended : Understanding Gameplay as Situated Activity

    Author : Jana Rambusch; Tom Ziemke; Tarja Susi; Ulf Wilhelmsson; T. L. Taylor; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; computer gameplay; situatedness; embodied cognition; Teknik; Technology; TECHNOLOGY;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses computer gameplay activities in terms of the physical handling of a game, players’ meaning-making activities, and how these two processes are closely interrelated. It is examined in greater detail which role the body plays in gameplay, but also how gameplay is shaped by sociocultural factors outside the game, including different kind of tools and players’ participation in community practices. READ MORE

  6. 4. Wild Poethics - Exploring relational and embodied practices in urban-making

    Author : Anna Maria Orrù; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; choreography; urban-making; naturecultures; critical spatial feminist practice; imagination; embodied methodology; poethics; affective atmospheres; relational assemblages; artistic research;

    Abstract : Nature is not something separated from the city. With this in mind, this research emerges from the act of urban gardening, staging space for naturecultures that reinforce a direct relation to an urban nature. READ MORE

  7. 5. How hands shape the mind : The P400 as an index of manual actions and gesture perception

    Author : Marta Bakker; Gustaf Gredebäck; Amy Needham; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : goal-directed actions; action processing; EEG; ERP; P400; gestures; grasping; embodiment; social development; give-me gesture; dynamic system theory; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Being able to perform and understand actions is crucial for proper functioning in the social world. From birth, we use our bodies to act and to promote learning about ourselves, our environment and other people’s actions and intentions. Our mind is embodied; thus, our actions play a crucial role in cognitive and social development. READ MORE