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Theory, practice and performance

Shaun Gallagher

Connection Science September 15, 2023 DOI: 10.1080/09540091.2016.1272098 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Keywords Body schema Affectivity Intersubjectivity Embodied cognition Music Dance
Key points Argues that enactivist and extended mind concepts of embodied cognition provide relevant frameworks for understanding expert performance and performing arts practice.

Abstract

I focus on the enactivist and extended mind approaches to embodied cognition (EC), and specifically on the concepts of body schema, affectivity, distributed cognition and intersubjectivity to show how EC has relevance to questions about expert performance, and to the theory and practice of performing arts.

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