Cross-Cultural and Cross-Linguistic Perspectives on Embodied Cognition

Embodied cognition is a major theoretical framework for understanding how cognitive processes arise from, and are grounded in, bodily experience. According to this framework, the ways in which our bodies interact with the world shape how we form, represent, and communicate ideas. Specifically, sensorimotor experiences—including movement, perception, and interactions with the environment—influence how we think, reason, and use language.Although substantial evidence supports the embodied nature of cognition, research has disproportionately relied on Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) populations, leaving important questions about the universality and variability of the mechanisms underlying embodied cognition unanswered. To develop more comprehensive and globally representative theories of human cognition, it is therefore essential to examine how variation in linguistic systems, cultural practices, literacy, and everyday bodily interactions influences how people perceive, conceptualize, and communicate about the world. Integrating cross-cultural, cross-linguistic, bilingual, and multilingual perspectives into embodied cognition research is essential for understanding how these diverse lived experiences shape cognition and for evaluating the generalizability of existing theories.This Research Topic welcomes contributions that advance our understanding of embodied cognition through cross-cultural, cross-linguistic, bilingual, and multilingual perspectives. We particularly welcome experimental studies employing established cognitive psychology paradigms to investigate how linguistic, cultural, and sensorimotor experiences influence cognitive processes and representations. Descriptive cultural, sociological, or educational studies without an experimental cognitive component fall outside the scope of this Research Topic. We encourage empirical, theoretical, methodological, and interdisciplinary work examining how linguistic systems, cultural practices, literacy, and diverse sensorimotor experiences shape cognition across populations.Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:• Cross-cultural variation in embodied cognition• Cross-linguistic influences on cognition• Bilingualism, multilingualism, and embodied cognition• Gesture, posture, movement, and other forms of embodied behavior• Embodied conceptual representation, including space, time, number, emotion, and abstract concepts• The role of literacy, writing systems, and cultural practices in embodied cognition• Experimental paradigms and methodological advances for testing embodied cognition across cultures and languagesThis Research Topic welcomes Original Research, Review, Mini Review, Methods, Theory and Hypothesis, Perspective, and Opinion articles. Topic editors: Şahin Danişman, Danyal Farsani Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/86297/cross-cultural-and-cross-linguistic-perspectives-on-embodied-cognition