Memory and enactive approach: Analysis on the role of the body and social interactions
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enactivism, memory, embodied cognition, sensorimotor, social memoriesAbstract
Enactivism is a branch of the embodied perspectives of cognitive sciences which holds that cognition emerges from the coupling between the organism and its environment. This approach could offer an alternative view to understand aspects of memory that represent challenges to traditional approaches. The present review seeks to advance on the subject through questions about how memory is generated, how it is maintained over time, and what it is used for. The article synthesizes the conceptual bases of enactivism and then reviews research that discusses the constructive processes and sensorimotor bases of memory and, finally, research that problematizes the formation and evocation of social and collective memories.
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