Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska. Sectio N, Educatio Nova

The Application of the Concept of “Extended Cognition” in Polish Language Teaching: Critical Discussion of Annie Murphy Paul’s “The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain”

Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska. Sectio N, Educatio Nova September 4, 2026 Aneta Grodecka

Starting from the discoveries of social neuroscience and the principles of Polish language teaching, the author proposes a critical discussion of Annie Murphy Paul’s The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain (2021). She presents the concept of the “extended mind”, i.e. the specificity of thinking based on the senses, the environment, and other people. The conclusions aim to...