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Over the last two years, students in our lab have become interested in the concept of embodied cognition...perhaps due to my enthusiasm for this growing area of research. This year, senior Jamie Skender completed her comprehensive project utilizing ideas from embodied cognition to examine the influence of congruent movement on the recall of words in children (poster). Next year, senior Amber Sharp will be examining the influence of teaching strategies derived from embodied cognition on reading comprehension in children.
In addition, Liz Marsh, a 2009 alum, was recently offered a position in the lab of Art Glenberg, prominent embodied cognition researcher. Liz is particularly excited to be part of the transition of Glenberg's lab from the University of Wisconsin to Arizona State University. Those of us in the cognitive labs at Allegheny hope that Liz will keep us up to date regarding this exciting field.
In the meantime, however, you can listen to Arthur Glenberg explain the early roots of this field as well as his journey through it in the Brain Science Podcast #36: Art Glenberg on Embodied Cognition.