Chapter 10. Dynamic embodiment and its functional role
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Caterina Suitner
Abstract
The situated nature of memory is here discussed with a specific focus on body memory. The chapter describes two studies on the effects of dynamic movement qualities on memory and one study on the Spatial Agency Bias, that is the tendency to envisage action as evolving in the same direction in which we habitually read and write. In addition to showing the situated nature of memory, we will for the first time provide evidence for its dynamic aspect. Situated memory will be discussed as functional in the interaction with the environment and body feedback as a key underlying mechanism.
Abstract
The situated nature of memory is here discussed with a specific focus on body memory. The chapter describes two studies on the effects of dynamic movement qualities on memory and one study on the Spatial Agency Bias, that is the tendency to envisage action as evolving in the same direction in which we habitually read and write. In addition to showing the situated nature of memory, we will for the first time provide evidence for its dynamic aspect. Situated memory will be discussed as functional in the interaction with the environment and body feedback as a key underlying mechanism.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Contributions from phenomenology
- Chapter 1. The phenomenology of body memory 9
- Chapter 2. Body memory and the genesis of meaning 23
- Chapter 3. Kinesthetic memory 43
- Chapter 4. Comment on Thomas Fuchs 73
- Chapter 5. Enduring 83
- Chapter 6. Body memory and dance 105
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Part II. Contributions from cognitive sciences
- Chapter 7. Implicit body memory 115
- Chapter 8. Embodied concepts 121
- Chapter 9. Cognitive perspectives on embodiment 141
- Chapter 10. Dynamic embodiment and its functional role 155
- Chapter 11. Testing Fuchs’ taxonomy of body memory 171
- Chapter 12. Metaphorical instruction and body memory 187
- Chapter 13. Body memory and the emergence of metaphor in movement and speech 201
- Chapter 14. Moved by God 227
- Chapter 15. The memory of the cell 243
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Part III. Contributions from embodied therapies
- Chapter 16. Sensation, movement, and emotion 255
- Chapter 17. Memory, metaphor, and mirroring in movement therapy with trauma patients 267
- Chapter 18. Body memory as a part of the body image 289
- Chapter 19. The embodied word 307
- Chapter 20. Emotorics 327
- Chapter 21. The emergence of body memory in Authentic Movement 341
- Chapter 22. Nakedness, hunger, hooks and hearts 353
- Chapter 23. Dance/movement therapy with traumatized dissociative patients 369
- Chapter 24. Focusing, felt sensing and body memory 387
- Chapter 25. Mindfulness, embodiment, and depression 393
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Part IV. Conclusions
- Chapter 26. Body memory 417
- Authors notes 445
- Addresses for correspondence 453
- Index 459
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Contributions from phenomenology
- Chapter 1. The phenomenology of body memory 9
- Chapter 2. Body memory and the genesis of meaning 23
- Chapter 3. Kinesthetic memory 43
- Chapter 4. Comment on Thomas Fuchs 73
- Chapter 5. Enduring 83
- Chapter 6. Body memory and dance 105
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Part II. Contributions from cognitive sciences
- Chapter 7. Implicit body memory 115
- Chapter 8. Embodied concepts 121
- Chapter 9. Cognitive perspectives on embodiment 141
- Chapter 10. Dynamic embodiment and its functional role 155
- Chapter 11. Testing Fuchs’ taxonomy of body memory 171
- Chapter 12. Metaphorical instruction and body memory 187
- Chapter 13. Body memory and the emergence of metaphor in movement and speech 201
- Chapter 14. Moved by God 227
- Chapter 15. The memory of the cell 243
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Part III. Contributions from embodied therapies
- Chapter 16. Sensation, movement, and emotion 255
- Chapter 17. Memory, metaphor, and mirroring in movement therapy with trauma patients 267
- Chapter 18. Body memory as a part of the body image 289
- Chapter 19. The embodied word 307
- Chapter 20. Emotorics 327
- Chapter 21. The emergence of body memory in Authentic Movement 341
- Chapter 22. Nakedness, hunger, hooks and hearts 353
- Chapter 23. Dance/movement therapy with traumatized dissociative patients 369
- Chapter 24. Focusing, felt sensing and body memory 387
- Chapter 25. Mindfulness, embodiment, and depression 393
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Part IV. Conclusions
- Chapter 26. Body memory 417
- Authors notes 445
- Addresses for correspondence 453
- Index 459