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Embodied cognition: why thinking is not only in the head

October 7, 2026October 7, 2026 by Akhil K Singh
Embodied cognition: thinking is not only in the head

A girl’s fingers gather two numbers before she can say the answer, and her teacher tells her to keep her hands on the desk. Embodied cognition asks what we stop when we stop the body.

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Using AI in Your Research Without Risking Your Career

October 7, 2026October 6, 2026 by Akhil K Singh

A three-hour, hands-on online workshop for researchers in the humanities and social sciences, with AIRnD Lab. Sunday 1 November 2026, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM IST.

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Beyond income: the role of education in shaping happiness across varied professions

October 6, 2026 by Akhil K Singh
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Reclaiming creativity through embodied learning: a theoretical bridge from enaction to agency

October 6, 2026 by Akhil K Singh
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Ensuring cultural sustainability and rural development through the concept of Chiti in Integral Humanism

October 6, 2026 by Akhil K Singh
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Roots and routes: convergences between alternative school pedagogies and Indian knowledge systems in ECCE

October 6, 2026 by Akhil K Singh
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The body remembers: embodied cognition and the case for India’s indigenous pedagogy

October 6, 2026 by Akhil K Singh
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Tongue twisters to brain boosters: psycho-social-cognitive benefits of multilingual education under NEP 2020

October 6, 2026 by Akhil K Singh
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Embodied learning and NEP 2020: a theoretical and practical framework for ECCE in India

October 6, 2026 by Akhil K Singh
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Panellist: international launch of Bodies of Learning, by Guy Claxton and Emily Poel

September 22, 2026 by Akhil K Singh

Invited panellist alongside Kath Murdoch and Sandra Milligan, hosted by Learning Pioneers. On what an embodied education looks like when it starts from Indian rather than Anglo-American sources.

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Akhil Kumar Singh, PhD

PhD, IIT Jodhpur · Author, Brill 2025

Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru

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