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Review

Social and Affective Neuroscience of Embodiment

Marília Lira da Silveira Coêlho  1 , Tanja S. H. Wingenbach  2 , Paulo Sérgio Boggio  1
Paulo Sérgio Boggio  1 , Tanja S. H. Wingenbach  2 , Marília Lira da Silveira Coêlho  1 , William Edgar Comfort  1 , Lucas Murrins Marques  3 , Marcus Vinicius C. Alves  4
, editors.
In: Social and Affective Neuroscience of Everyday Human Interaction: From Theory to Methodology [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2023. Chapter 3.
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Review

Social and Affective Neuroscience of Embodiment

Marília Lira da Silveira Coêlho et al.

Excerpt

Embodiment has been discussed in the context of social, affective, and cognitive psychology, and also in the investigations of neuroscience in order to understand the relationship between biological mechanisms, body and cognitive, and social and affective processes. New theoretical models have been presented by researchers considering not only the sensory–motor interaction and the environment but also biological mechanisms regulating homeostasis and neural processes (Tsakiris M, Q J Exp Psychol 70(4):597–609, 2017). Historically, the body and the mind were comprehended as separate entities. The body was considered to function as a machine, responsible for providing sensory information to the mind and executing its commands. The mind, however, would process information in an isolated way, similar to a computer (Pecher D, Zwaan RA, Grounding cognition: the role of perception and action in memory, language, and thinking. Cambridge University Press, 2005). This mind and body perspective (Marmeleira J, Duarte Santos G, Percept Motor Skills 126, 2019; Marshall PJ, Child Dev Perspect 10(4):245–250, 2016), for many years, was the basis for studies in social and cognitive areas, in neuroscience, and clinical psychology.

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