Language “Studies have found effects on how people perceive:EventsPhysical realitySequence EmotionsMental statesRisk takingAnd How we make choicesLara Boroditsky from the Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
So What?
Embodied Cognition
• In philosophy, embodied cognition holds that an agent's cognition is strongly influenced by aspects of an agent's body beyond the brain itself.
Examples
• We use hand gestures while on the phone.• Test subjects leaned backward slightly while
recalling past evens and forwards for thoughts of the future.
• Test subjects take longer to recall a dentist experience while standing tall than while laying down on a couch.