Commentary: Down with Retirement: Implications of Embodied Cognition for Healthy Aging

Frontiers in Psychology

Alex A. Miklashevsky¹ 

关键词: child development;    embodied cognition;    lifespan;    mobile phone;    tablet computers;    digital technologies;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00599

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Hommel and Kibele (2016) proposed a clear model of understanding age-related cognitive effects in elderly people. They claim that, from an embodied cognition perspective “cognitive processes and functions should not just be taken as a given <…>, but as abilities that emerge from active exchange with one's physical and social environment” (p. 2). They model this exchange with the environment as a vicious spiral: elderly people tend to reduce interactions with their environment, which in turn reduces their cognitive abilities further.

【 授权许可】

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