The cognitive-emotional brain is an embodied and social brain

Julian Kiverstein, Mark Miller

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Abstract

Pessoa (2013) makes a compelling case for conceiving of emotion and cognition as deeply integrated processes in the brain. We will begin our commentary by asking what implications this view of the brain has for an ontology of cognition - a theory of what cognition is and what cognitive processes exist. We will suggest that Pessoa's book, The Cognitive-Emotional Brain, provides strong support for an embodied theory of cognition. We end our commentary by offering some speculation about how Pessoa's arguments naturally extend to social cognition.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere78
JournalBehavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume38
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

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