Embodied embedded cognition and neurophenomenology are gradually gaining influence in cognitive science and neuroscience. This introduction outlines what these approaches entail and previews the papers collected in a special section devoted to them.
Heterophenomenology and neurophenomenology are two different methodologies for studying consciousness. Both appear to allow the same range of experiments, making it difficult to choose between them. Heterophenomenology excludes conclusions drawn by neurophenomenology, so a choice may be necessary. Currently, there are no reasons to reject either methodology as unreliable or invalid, so both should be kept in consideration.