Is mediated embodiment the response to embodied cognition?
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractAdopting virtual reality and robotic avatars that users temporarily experience as their own body could provide strong evidence for embodied cognition, the theory that bodily interactions with the environment shape thinking. The author argues that these mediated embodiment technologies offer a powerful way to test and demonstrate core postulates of embodied cognition.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Citations | 3 |
| Key finding | Argues that mediated embodiment technologies can help demonstrate the postulates of embodied cognition. |
Abstract
Emerging technologies such as virtual reality and robots are evolving to increasingly integrate the user into the interface. During this temporary merge, users experience a digital or a robotic body of an avatar as their own. Embodied cognition sustains that the body and its interactions with the environment play an important role in cognition. I argue that the adoption of mediated embodiment technologies to explore cognitive development might substantially contribute to demonstrating the postulates of embodied cognition.