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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 672740 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience |
| Volume | 15 |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Jul 2021 |
Abstract
Embodiment research is at a turning point. There is an increasing amount of data and studies investigating embodiment phenomena and their role in mental processing and functions from across a wide range of disciplines and theoretical schools within the life sciences. However, the integration of behavioral data with data from different biological levels is challenging for the involved research fields such as movement psychology, social and developmental neuroscience, computational psychosomatics, social and behavioral epigenetics, human-centered robotics, and many more. This highlights the need for an interdisciplinary framework of embodiment research. In addition, there is a growing need for a cross-disciplinary consensus on level-specific criteria of embodiment. We propose that a developmental perspective on embodiment is able to provide a framework for overcoming such pressing issues, providing analytical tools to link timescales and levels of embodiment specific to the function under study, uncovering the underlying developmental processes, clarifying level-specific embodiment criteria, and providing a matrix and platform to bridge disciplinary boundaries among the involved research fields.
Keywords
- agency approach, cognition, developmental systems theory, embodied experiences, environmental approach, interoception, language acquisition, perception
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)
- Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
- Neuroscience(all)
- Developmental Neuroscience
- Neuroscience(all)
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Neuroscience(all)
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
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In: Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, Vol. 15, 672740, 30.07.2021.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A Developmental Framework for Embodiment Research: The Next Step Toward Integrating Concepts and Methods
AU - Lux, Vanessa
AU - Non, Amy L.
AU - Pexman, Penny
AU - Stadler, Waltraud
AU - Weber, Lilian E.
AU - Krüger, Melanie
N1 - Funding Information: We thank Gustaf Gredeböck for his helpful and inspiring comments to earlier versions of this manuscript. This framework was initially discussed at the workshop Developmental Perspectives on Embodiment, which took place in April 2019 at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University. We thank the participants of the workshop for the insightful discussion and the ZiF for funding and hosting the workshop. We acknowledge support by the Open Access Publication Funds of the Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum. Finally, we thank Vanessa Vogel for helping with formatting the draft. Funding. The Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University, funded the workshop Developmental Perspectives on Embodiment, at which the initial proposal of the framework was discussed. This publication was supported by the Open Access Publication Funds of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
PY - 2021/7/30
Y1 - 2021/7/30
N2 - Embodiment research is at a turning point. There is an increasing amount of data and studies investigating embodiment phenomena and their role in mental processing and functions from across a wide range of disciplines and theoretical schools within the life sciences. However, the integration of behavioral data with data from different biological levels is challenging for the involved research fields such as movement psychology, social and developmental neuroscience, computational psychosomatics, social and behavioral epigenetics, human-centered robotics, and many more. This highlights the need for an interdisciplinary framework of embodiment research. In addition, there is a growing need for a cross-disciplinary consensus on level-specific criteria of embodiment. We propose that a developmental perspective on embodiment is able to provide a framework for overcoming such pressing issues, providing analytical tools to link timescales and levels of embodiment specific to the function under study, uncovering the underlying developmental processes, clarifying level-specific embodiment criteria, and providing a matrix and platform to bridge disciplinary boundaries among the involved research fields.
AB - Embodiment research is at a turning point. There is an increasing amount of data and studies investigating embodiment phenomena and their role in mental processing and functions from across a wide range of disciplines and theoretical schools within the life sciences. However, the integration of behavioral data with data from different biological levels is challenging for the involved research fields such as movement psychology, social and developmental neuroscience, computational psychosomatics, social and behavioral epigenetics, human-centered robotics, and many more. This highlights the need for an interdisciplinary framework of embodiment research. In addition, there is a growing need for a cross-disciplinary consensus on level-specific criteria of embodiment. We propose that a developmental perspective on embodiment is able to provide a framework for overcoming such pressing issues, providing analytical tools to link timescales and levels of embodiment specific to the function under study, uncovering the underlying developmental processes, clarifying level-specific embodiment criteria, and providing a matrix and platform to bridge disciplinary boundaries among the involved research fields.
KW - agency approach
KW - cognition
KW - developmental systems theory
KW - embodied experiences
KW - environmental approach
KW - interoception
KW - language acquisition
KW - perception
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85112410169&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fnsys.2021.672740
DO - 10.3389/fnsys.2021.672740
M3 - Review article
VL - 15
JO - Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
JF - Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
M1 - 672740
ER -