Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword by Series Editor
Preface by Book Editor
Introduction: Face It or Replace It?: Why Computational Metaphors Fall Short and Why We Need a New Approach
Part I: Being
1 The Matter of Life and Death: How Humans Embody the Universe
2 At Home in Deep Time
3 The Secrets of Life: The Vital Roles of RNA Networks and Viruses
4 A Brief History of Death
Part II: Engaging
5 Attentive Bodies: Epigenetic Processes and Concepts of Human Being
6 Uncovering the Living Body: Bodies and Agents in the Cognitive Sciences
7 Approaching Learning Hands First: How Gesture Influences Thought
8 Digitization, Reading, and the Body: Handling Texts on Paper and Screens
Part III: Coordinating
9 Embodied Time: A Shared, Ancient Heritage
10 Rhythm and the Body
11 The Embodiment of Emotion
12 Body Focus in Expert Action
Part IV: (Re)Locating
13 How Bodies Become Viscous
14 Embodiment, Plasticity, Biosociality, and Epigenetics: The Politics of a Vulnerable Body for Toxic Times
15 Violating the Inviolable: Evolved Reproductive Prerogatives of Individual Women
16 Embodiment and the Lived Experience of Diaspora
Part V: Healing
17 Vital Energy, Health, and Medicine
18 The Power of Touch: Oxytocin, the βLove Hormone,β Is Released by Massage Therapy
19 Traumatic Embodiment: Traumatic Exposure and Healing
20 Virtual Embodiment and Embodied Cognition: Effect of Virtual Reality Perspective Taking Tasks on Empathy and Prejudice
Epilogue: What Embodiment Is
Index