Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought

Speaker: Barbara Tversky
Stanford University & Columbia University, USA

September 21, 2022
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time 

Abstract
All living things must move and act in space to survive. The basic choice is to approach or avoid, an act replete with emotion. Our explorations in space and our actions with the things in it form the foundation of thought, not the entire edifice but the foundation. Evidence comes from the brain, from perceptual-motor couplings, from language, from gesture, and from graphics. This view has implications for thought, for action, for communication, for creativity, and for the design of the world.

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