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Podcast: Pain Science Podcast
Episode: Episode 271 | Embodied Cognition And The Body's Role In Thought With Rebecca Fincher-Kiefer, PhD
Description: In this episode, we are discussing embodied cognition and the role of bodily processes in thought. In the field of pain care, we strongly lean on theories of how the brain works and how we can use the nervous system to modulate pain. Many of these theories are rooted in the idea that the brain is the seat of cognition and views the brain as a CEO, which controls both thinking as well as our body. However, newer theories such as embodied cognition take a different perspective which emphasizes the significance of the physical body in our...