Body Memory, Metaphor and Movement
Edited by Sabine C. Koch, Thomas Fuchs, Michela Summa and Cornelia Müller
[Advances in Consciousness Research, 84] 2012. vii, 468 pp.
Thomas Fuchs
List of John Benjamins publications for which Thomas Fuchs plays a role.
Title
Subjects Cognition and language | Consciousness research | Gesture Studies
Articles
2012 Chapter 1. The phenomenology of body memory Body Memory, Metaphor and Movement, Koch, Sabine C., Thomas Fuchs, Michela Summa and Cornelia Müller (eds.), pp. 9–22 | Article
Memory comprises not only one’s explicit recollections of the past, but also the acquired dispositions, skills, and habits that implicitly influence one’s present experience and behavior. This implicit memory is based on the habitual structure of the lived body, which connects us to the world… read more
2012 Chapter 13. Body memory and the emergence of metaphor in movement and speech: An interdisciplinary case study Body Memory, Metaphor and Movement, Koch, Sabine C., Thomas Fuchs, Michela Summa and Cornelia Müller (eds.), pp. 201–226 | Article
The present study is an empirical documentation of body memory and the transition from implicit to explicit memory from the cognitive-linguistic, movement analytic, and philosophical perspectives in a therapeutic application. The transition from implicit memory to explicit memory is described using… read more
2012 Chapter 26. Body memory: An integration Body Memory, Metaphor and Movement, Koch, Sabine C., Thomas Fuchs, Michela Summa and Cornelia Müller (eds.), pp. 417–444 | Article
In this final chapter, we summarize the state of the art concerning the research on body memory in phenomenology, in the cognitive sciences, and in embodied therapies. Thereby, we show the impact of the studies collected in this volume for the development of the research in these three fields.… read more