Interpreting and Embodied Cognition
- Author(s)
- Jelena Milosevic, Hanna Risku
- Abstract
This chapter introduces the embodied approaches in cognitive science, describes their predecessors and main tenets and discusses their implications for interpreting studies. An embodied cognitive approach assumes that the neural and bodily interactions with the environment co-constitute cognition. Applying it in interpreting studies means including the ways in which the environment is manipulated and serves as a component of interpreting as a cognitive activity. The research focus is shifted from the role of embodiment in the development of cognition to embedded and immersed activities, often studied in authentic, rich ecological settings. Suggestions are made for potential research questions and areas of investigation in interpreting studies from the perspective of embodied cognition.
- Organisation(s)
- Department for Translation Studies
- No. of pages
- 17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429297533-24
- Publication date
- 01-2024
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 602051 Translation studies
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities, General Social Sciences
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/09199e88-34d6-406f-8721-a03292e59f55