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Loeffler J, Raab M, Cañal-Bruland R. A Lifespan Perspective on Embodied Cognition. Front Psychol. 2016;7:845doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00845.
Loeffler, J., Raab, M., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2016). A Lifespan Perspective on Embodied Cognition. Frontiers in psychology, 7845. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00845
Loeffler, Jonna, et al. "A Lifespan Perspective on Embodied Cognition." Frontiers in psychology vol. 7 (2016): 845. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00845
Loeffler J, Raab M, Cañal-Bruland R. A Lifespan Perspective on Embodied Cognition. Front Psychol. 2016 Jun 01;7:845. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00845. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27313562; PMCID: PMC4887461.
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Front Psychol. 2016 Jun 01;7:845. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00845. eCollection 2016.

A Lifespan Perspective on Embodied Cognition.

Frontiers in psychology

Jonna Loeffler, Markus Raab, Rouwen Cañal-Bruland

Affiliations

  1. Department of Performance Psychology, Institute of Psychology, German Sport University Cologne Cologne, Germany.
  2. Department of Performance Psychology, Institute of Psychology, German Sport University CologneCologne, Germany; School of Applied Sciences, London South Bank UniversityLondon, UK.
  3. Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands.

PMID: 27313562 PMCID: PMC4887461 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00845

Abstract

Since its infancy embodied cognition research has fundamentally changed our understanding of how action, perception, and cognition relate to and interact with each other. Ideas from different schools of thought have led to controversial theories and a unifying framework is still being debated. In this perspective paper, we argue that in order to improve our understanding of embodied cognition and to take significant steps toward a comprehensive framework, a lifespan approach is mandatory. Given that most established theories have been developed and tested in the adult population, which is characterized by relatively robust and stable sensorimotor and cognitive abilities, we deem it questionable whether embodied cognition effects found in this population are representative for different life stages such as childhood or the elderly. In contrast to adulthood, childhood is accompanied by a rapid increase of sensorimotor and cognitive skills, and the old age by a decline of such capacities. Hence, sensorimotor and cognitive capacities, as well as their interactions, are more fragile at both extremes of the lifespan, thereby offering a unique window into the emergence of embodied cognition effects and age-related differences therein. A lifespan approach promises to make a major contribution toward a unifying and comprehensive theory of embodied cognition that is valid across the lifespan and 'gets better with age.'

Keywords: cognition; developmental; elderly; embodiment; lifespan; sensorimotor

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