2020/11/11 Daily Notes

 "The modern cognitive embodied theory demonstrates that our mental and cognitive processes are embodied in our bodies, depending on our bodies’ specific activity patterns44. This means that, cognition is not independent of body movement, but is deeply rooted in the human body and the interaction between the body and our world."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-73679-9

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