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Embodied Underground

Event Start Date:
November 7, 2023
Event End Date:
November 7, 2023
Event Venue:
Online

Reading group on embodiment theory. Interested in joining us? Please email Dor (at) berkeley (dot) edu first so we can plan ahead.

This week’s reading for discussion:

Frost, S. (2020). The attentive body: How the indexicality of epigenetic processes enriches our understanding of embodied subjectivity. Body & Society, 26(4), 3–34. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034×20940778

Guest Speakers (See full list)

Beatrice de Gelder

Beatrice de Gelder

Virtual social buffering influences neural and autonomic responses to threat
Konstantin Kougioumtzis

Konstantin Kougioumtzis

Embodied cognition in STEM learning: An integrative review of conceptualizations, mechanisms, and boundary conditions
Haris Psaros

Haris Psaros

Toward a metatheoretical dialogue on learning with digital technologies: The case of three postcognitivist approaches
Oscar Westerblad

Oscar Westerblad

Instrumental understanding
Matthew Lira

Matthew Lira

From body to brain: Using coordination class theory and neuroimaging to understand embodied learning
Robb Lindgren

Robb Lindgren

From body to brain: Using coordination class theory and neuroimaging to understand embodied learning
Ö Ece Demir Lira

Ö Ece Demir Lira

From body to brain: Using coordination class theory and neuroimaging to understand embodied learning

Making Math Meaningful

https://youtu.be/qZaZGL-vP5E

“Mathematics, like music, needs to be expressed in physical actions and human interactions before its symbols can evoke the silent patterns of mathematical ideas.”
Richard R. Skemp, 1983, in Mathematics Teaching

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