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@article{Wilson02, abstract = {The emerging viewpoint of embodied cognition holds that cognitive processes are deeply rooted in the body's interactions with the world. This position actually houses a number of distinct claims, some of which are more controversial than others. This paper distinguishes and evaluates the following six claims: (1) cognition is situated; (2) cognition is time-pressured; (3) we off-load cognitive work onto the environment; (4) the environment is part of the cognitive system; (5) cognition is for action; (6) off-line cognition is body based. Of these, the first three and the fifth appear to be at least partially true, and their usefulness is best evaluated in terms of the range of their applicability. The fourth claim, I argue, is deeply problematic. The sixth claim has received the least attention in the literature on embodied cognition, but it may in fact be the best documented and most powerful of the six claims.}, address = {Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. mlwilson@cats.ucsc.edu}, author = {Wilson, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {1006237}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12613670}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12613670}, issn = {1069-9384}, journal = {Psychonomic Bulletin \& Review}, keywords = {cognition, common-coding, embodiment, sensorimotor-coupling}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {625--636}, posted-at = {2008-05-29 09:36:44}, priority = {0}, title = {Six views of embodied cognition.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12613670}, volume = {9}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - Wilson02 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1006237 N2 - The emerging viewpoint of embodied cognition holds that cognitive processes are deeply rooted in the body's interactions with the world. This position actually houses a number of distinct claims, some of which are more controversial than others. This paper distinguishes and evaluates the following six claims: (1) cognition is situated; (2) cognition is time-pressured; (3) we off-load cognitive work onto the environment; (4) the environment is part of the cognitive system; (5) cognition is for action; (6) off-line cognition is body based. Of these, the first three and the fifth appear to be at least partially true, and their usefulness is best evaluated in terms of the range of their applicability. The fourth claim, I argue, is deeply problematic. The sixth claim has received the least attention in the literature on embodied cognition, but it may in fact be the best documented and most powerful of the six claims. IS - 4 JF - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review SN - 1069-9384 AD - Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. mlwilson@cats.ucsc.edu EP - 636 TI - Six views of embodied cognition. VL - 9 SP - 625 KW - cognition KW - common-coding KW - embodiment KW - sensorimotor-coupling AU - Wilson, M PY - 2002/12// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12613670 ER -