April 23, 2010
Bodily motions influence memory and emotions.
"WHEN talking about our feelings, we often use expressions that link emotions with movements or positions in space... According to a new study published in this month's issue of the journal Cognition, expressions such as these are not merely metaphorical. The research provides evidence of a causal link between motion and emotion, by showing that bodily movements influence the recollection of emotional memories, as well as the speed with which they are recalled."
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Is this why I can't think without pacing?
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This stuff fascinates me. See also Moshe Feldenkrais and his Awareness Through Movement 'somatic education', which I'm just starting to learn more about and finding very insightful. I'm doing some workshops next week that are apparently going to include a lot of Feldenkrais technique, so will report back.
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Please do report back! I've read about Feldenkrais but never tried it.
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Thanks to mothninja I surfed for more about Feldenkrais and found these references on doing it at home by the great Dave Draper, whose newsletter I had already subscribed to.
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Oh, and from there here's the awesomely great Moshe himself at work on a woman with whiplash... Nice work if you can get it!
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OK, I really, reeeeeaally want to have Feldenkrais done. *dreams about standing up straight and walking without hurting*
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Heavy, rough and hard – how the things we touch affect our judgments and decisions
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"And the last study with the chair suggests that even our buttocks have some sway over our minds." So the sensation of my butt falling asleep from this hard stool I sit on might actually cause me to make more harsh moral judgments?
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MonkeyFilter: even our buttocks have some sway over our minds Well, duh!