Experimental Methods in Embodied Cognition

Arianna Felisatti is a cognitive scientist with a background in neuroscience and neuropsychological rehabilitation. Her main research interests are numerical cognition in humans and animals, mental arithmetic, finger counting, embodied cognition, and hemispheric asymmetry. Martin H. Fischer is a professor of cognitive sciences with a background in attention research and motor control. He is the leader of the Potsdam Embodied Cognition Group.

PART I Introduction; 1 The embodied cognition approach: Principles and research questions; 2 A taxonomy of methods in embodied cognition research; PART II Behavioral methods; 3 Chronometric methods: Reaction times and movement times; 4 Continuous methods: Eye tracking, hand tracking, and grip force recording, 5 Physiological methods: Heart rate, breathing, electrodermal activity; PART III Neuroscientific methods; 6 Correlational methods: EEG, fMRI, fNIRS and neurofeedback, 7 Non-invasive brain stimulation methods: Transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcranial electric stimulation, transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation; 8 Neuropsychological methods: Patient studies; PART IV Other methods and interdisciplinary approaches; 9 Non-experimental psychological methods: Questionnaires, tests, and rating studies; 10 Virtual reality as experimental method in embodied cognition; 11 Interdisciplinary approaches to embodied cognition research