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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812333403321

Titolo

Body memory, metaphor and movement / / edited by Sabine C. Koch ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012

ISBN

1-283-42489-4

9786613424891

90-272-8167-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (476 p.)

Collana

Advances in consciousness research (AiCR), , 1381-589X ; ; v. 84

Altri autori (Persone)

KochSabine C

Disciplina

152.3

Soggetti

Muscular sense

Movement, Psychology of

Body schema

Memory

Metaphor

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Contributions from phenomenology -- pt. 2. Contributions from cognitive sciences -- pt. 3. Contributions from embodied therapies -- pt. 4.Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Body Memory, Metaphor and Movement is an interdisciplinary volume with contributions from philosophers, cognitive scientists, and movement therapists. Part one provides the phenomenologically grounded definition of body memory with its different typologies. Part two follows the aim to integrate phenomenology, conceptual metaphor theory, and embodiment approaches from the cognitive sciences for the development of appropriate empirical methods to address body memory. Part three inquires into the forms and effects of therapeutic work with body memory, based on the integration of theory, em