Embodied Grounding: Social, Cognitive, Affective, and Neuroscientific Approaches

322 Pages·2008·1.4 MB·English

by  Gün R. Semin

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EMBODIEDGROUNDING
Howdotheaccomplishmentsthatmakeusmostdeeplyhuman–ourcapacity
tothink,touselanguage,toexperienceemotions,andtorelatetooneanother–
dependonourbodies?Exploringtheseissuesinvolveslayingasideanancient
Westerntraditionthatplacedbodyandmindinopposition,aswellasmore
recentscientificunderstandingofthoughtasabstract,disembodiedinforma-
tionprocessing.Thechaptersinthisvolumereviewcurrentworkonrelations
of the body to thought, language use, emotion, and social relationships, as
presentedbyinternationallyrecognizedexpertsintheseareas.
Gu¨nR.SeminisAcademyProfessor,RoyalNetherlandsAcademyofArtsand
Sciences,UtrechtUniversity,FacultyofSocialSciences.
EliotR.SmithisProfessorofPsychologicalandBrainSciences,IndianaUni-
versity,Bloomington,Indiana.

Embodied Grounding
Social, Cognitive, Affective, and
Neuroscientific Approaches
Editedby
GU¨N R. SEMIN
UtrechtUniversity
ELIOT R. SMITH
IndianaUniversity,Bloomington
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Contents
Contributors page vii
IntroducingEmbodiedGrounding 1
Gu¨nR.SeminandEliotR.Smith
part one: embodied language and concepts
1 GroundingSymbolicOperationsintheBrain’sModalSystems 9
LawrenceW.Barsalou
2 TowardtheIntegrationofBodilyStates,Language,andAction 43
ArthurM.Glenberg
3 BrainEmbodimentofCategory-SpecificSemanticMemory
Circuits 71
FriedemannPulvermu¨ller
4 WhatThoughtsAreMadeOf 98
LeraBoroditskyandJessePrinz
part two: embodiment of social cognition
and relationships
5 GroundingSocialCognition:Synchronization,Coordination,
andCo-Regulation 119
Gu¨nR.SeminandJohnT.Cacioppo
6 AnEmbodiedAccountofSelf-Other“Overlap”andItsEffects 148
EliotR.Smith
7 TheEmbodimentofPowerandCommunalisminSpace
andBodilyContact 160
ThomasW.Schubert,SvenWaldzus,andBeateSeibt
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8 EmbodiedPersuasion:FundamentalProcessesByWhich
BodilyResponsesCanImpactAttitudes 184
PabloBrin˜olandRichardE.Petty
part three: embodiment and affect
9 AffectiveCoherence:AffectasEmbodiedEvidenceinAttitude,
Advertising,andArt 211
GeraldL.CloreandSimoneSchnall
10 TheEmbodimentofEmotion 237
LisaFeldmanBarrettandKristenA.Lindquist
11 TheEmbodiedEmotionalMind 263
PiotrWinkielman,PaulaM.Niedenthal,andLindsayOberman
12 ExpressionEntailsAnticipation:TowardaSelf-Regulatory
ModelofBodilyFeedbackEffects 289
JensFo¨rsterandRonaldS.Friedman
Index 309
Contributors
LisaFeldmanBarrett BostonCollege,MA,USA
LawrenceW.Barsalou EmoryUniversity,GA,USA
LeraBoroditsky StanfordUniversity,CA,USA
PabloBrin˜ol UniversidadAuto´nomadeMadrid,Spain
JohnT.Cacioppo UniversityofChicago,IL,USA
GeraldL.Clore UniversityofVirginia,VA,USA
JensFo¨rster InternationalUniversity,Bremen,Germany,andUniversityof
Amsterdam,TheNetherlands
Ronald S. Friedman University of Albany, State University of New York,
NY,USA
ArthurM.Glenberg UniversityofWisconsinatMadison,WI,USA
KristenA.Lindquist BostonCollege,MA,USA
PaulaM.Niedenthal CentreNationaldelaRechercheScientifique(CNRS)
andUniversityofClermont-Ferrand
LindsayOberman UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,CA,USA
RichardE.Petty OhioStateUniversity,OH,USA
JessePrinz UniversityofNorthCarolina,ChapelHill,NC,USA
FriedemannPulvermu¨ller MedicalResearchCouncil,CognitionandBrain
SciencesUnit,Cambridge,UK
SimoneSchnall UniversityofPlymouth
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viii Contributors
ThomasW.Schubert UtrechtUniversity
BeateSeibt UtrechtUniversity
Gu¨nR.Semin UtrechtUniversity
EliotR.Smith IndianaUniversity,Bloomington,IN,USA
SvenWaldzus ISCTE,Lisbon
PiotrWinkielman UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,CA,USA