Whole Body Library / popular science
The Extended Mind
Annie Murphy Paul · 2021
A popular-science argument that thinking is distributed through body, environment, and relationships.
Why it belongs
Good conceptual support for body-first cognition and environment-as-interface language.
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Why read it
A useful bridge for readers who think body work is separate from thought. It argues that cognition has a body and a setting.
Key idea
Thinking does not happen only inside the skull.
Try this
Move a difficult note-taking task to a walk or floor position and observe whether the thinking changes.
Best for
- Readers interested in embodied cognition
- Editorial framing around environment and attention
Read with caution
- Popular-science breadth needs source-level checks for specific claims
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