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Body Consciousness in Modern Urban Surroundings: Freerunning and Parkour [PDF]
The paper covers the matter of body consciousness in modern urban surroundings. Somatic disciplines known as Freerunning and Parkour are presented as activities of a performative nature that can be understood and practised as means of redefining an ...
Petri, Jakub
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Description of interhemispheric disconnection syndrome in a patient with Marchiafava-Bignami disease [PDF]
Interhemispheric disconnection syndrome (IDS), described by Sperry, Gazzaniga and Bogen, is characterized by the presence of visual and tactile anomia, absence of interhemispheric transference of unilateral somatosensory stimulation of both hands ...
Gómez, Pablo Guillermo +3 more
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Considering the role of cognitive control in expert performance [PDF]
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Dreyfus and Dreyfus’ (1986) influential phenomenological analysis of skill acquisition proposes that expert performance is guided by non-cognitive responses which are fast, effortless and apparently ...
A Geeves +57 more
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The perils of automaticity [PDF]
Classical theories of skill acquisition propose that automatization (i.e., performance requires progressively less attention as experience is acquired) is a defining characteristic of expertise in a variety of domains (e.g., Fitts & Posner, 1967 ...
Montero, Barbara Gail +2 more
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Towards Somaesthetic Smarthome Designs
Have you ever experienced a mirror that not only "sees" how you see yourself, but tells you how others perceive you? May such a smartmirror help not only adapt/improve oneself externally (look) but also internally (mood, emotions)? What are the expectations, fears (privacy)?
Dang, Chi Tai +4 more
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Bodily crises in skilled performance: Considering the need for artistic habits [PDF]
Empirical evidence demonstrates that performing artists are confronted by a variety of ‘bodily crises’ (e.g., injury, attrition of habits induced by ageing) over the course of their careers (Wainwright, Williams, & Turner, 2005).
Adams +81 more
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Embodied Design Ideation Methods: Analysing the Power of Estrangement [PDF]
Embodied design ideation practices work with relationships between body, material and context to enliven design and research potential. Methods are often idiosyncratic and - due to their physical nature - not easily transferred.
Tomico, Oscar +2 more
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Human Empathy Through the Lens of Social Neuroscience
Empathy is the ability to experience and understand what others feel without confusion between oneself and others. Knowing what someone else is feeling plays a fundamental role in interpersonal interactions. In this paper, we articulate evidence from social psychology and cognitive neuroscience, and argue that empathy involves both emotion sharing ...
Jean Decety, Claus Lamm, Michael Posner
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Habitual reflexivity and skilled action [PDF]
Theorists have used the concept habitus to explain how skilled agents are capable of responding in an infinite number of ways to the infinite number of possible situations that they encounter in their field of practice.
Toner, John
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Embracing First-Person Perspectives in Soma-Based Design
A set of prominent designers embarked on a research journey to explore aesthetics in movement-based design. Here we unpack one of the design sensitivities unique to our practice: a strong first person perspective—where the movements, somatics and ...
Kristina Höök +21 more
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