Mai-Thi Ho
B21 Scholar
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Fall
2024
Studying the symbiotic relationship between bodily movement and abstract cognition
B21 Scholar
Fall
2024

Background

How does walking inspire thinking? More broadly, how does the way we interact with the immediate environment mirror our experience in mental space? In a parallel thread, the world is rich with layering shades while our words are discrete. How might we bridge the gap? Perhaps the body can complement the sense of continuity, returning the nuances lost among discrete words. Left and right, better and worse are convenient binary terms. But take balancing on one foot, left and right motion are continuous, each feeding into another. That, we all know already. The abstract concept can be traced back to physical experience, which in turn helps our thinking. I'm a first year Cognitive Science student, interested in embodied cognition and language as frames to navigate life.

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