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Embodied cognition: why thinking is not only in the head

October 7, 2026October 7, 2026 by Akhil 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.

Categories Roots Tags embodied-cognition, for-parents, for-teachers, gesture, hand 3 Comments

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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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