Chapter 10. Dynamic embodiment and its functional role

A body feedback perspective

Caterina Suitner | University of Padova

Sabine C. Koch | University of Heidelberg

Katharina Bachmeier | University of Jena

Anne Maass | University of Padova

The situated nature of memory is here discussed with a specific focus on body memory. The chapter describes two studies on the effects of dynamic movement qualities on memory and one study on the Spatial Agency Bias, that is the tendency to envisage action as evolving in the same direction in which we habitually read and write. In addition to showing the situated nature of memory, we will for the first time provide evidence for its dynamic aspect. Situated memory will be discussed as functional in the interaction with the environment and body feedback as a key underlying mechanism.

Keywords: body feedback, body memory, dynamic embodiment, movement rhythms, spatial agency bias

Published online: 25 January 2012
https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.84.13sui

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