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Eroding the boundaries of cognition: implications of embodiment(1).

Michael L Anderson, Michael J Richardson, Anthony Chemero

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The discussions reveal strong engagement with the article's core ideas, such as references to 'neural reuse' and 'blurry boundaries' in the brain and environment, emphasizing how these concepts challenge traditional localization models. The tone is academic and curious, reflecting an appreciation for the article's potential to reshape understanding in neuroscience and philosophy of mind.

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Most discussions seem to align with the article's view that cognition involves complex interactions between brain, body, and environment, evidenced by references to neural reuse and embodiment.

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The text argues that understanding cognition as embodied and embedded challenges the traditional view that cognitive functions are localized solely in specific brain areas, suggesting instead that these functions involve a complex, overlapping interaction between the brain, body, and environment.
Recent research on neural reuse, tool use, group cognition, and social coordination shows that the boundaries between different brain regions, and between the brain and the body or environment, are blurry and not well-defined.
The authors propose that cognition relies on a nested system of task-specific synergies assembled from neural, bodily, environmental, and social components, which interact dynamically and make the boundaries between these elements indeterminate.]

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