Simulation theories of social cognition abound in the literature, but it is often unclear what simulation means and how it works. The discovery of mirror neurons, responding both to action execution and observation, suggested an embodied approach to mental simulation. Over the past few years this approach has been hotly debated and alternative accounts have been proposed. We discuss these accounts and argue that they fail to capture the uniqueness of embodied simulation (ES). ES theory provides a unitary account of basic social cogni- tion, demonstrating that people reuse their own mental states or processes represented with a bodily format in functionally attributing them to others.
What is so special about embodied simulation? / V. Gallese, C. Sinigaglia. - In: TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES. - ISSN 1364-6613. - 15:11(2011 Nov), pp. 512-519. [10.1016/j.tics.2011.09.003]
What is so special about embodied simulation?
C. SinigagliaUltimo
2011
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Simulation theories of social cognition abound in the literature, but it is often unclear what simulation means and how it works. The discovery of mirror neurons, responding both to action execution and observation, suggested an embodied approach to mental simulation. Over the past few years this approach has been hotly debated and alternative accounts have been proposed. We discuss these accounts and argue that they fail to capture the uniqueness of embodied simulation (ES). ES theory provides a unitary account of basic social cogni- tion, demonstrating that people reuse their own mental states or processes represented with a bodily format in functionally attributing them to others.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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