Embodiment Explained

Embodied or embodiment may refer to:

Anthropology

• Embodiment theory in anthropology

Cognitive science

• Embodied bilingual language, in cognitive science
• Embodied cognition, a theory that many aspects of cognition are shaped by the body
• Embodied cognitive science, seeks to explain the mechanisms underlying intelligent behavior
• Embodied design, that the actions of the body can play a role in the development of thought and ideas
• Embodied imagination, a therapeutic form of working with dreams and memories
• Embodied knowledge, a.k.a. tacit knowledge

Music and arts

• , a Christian Australian metalcore band
• , a 2008 album by the band Sculptured
• Embodied music cognition, in musicology
• Embodied writing, practices are used by academics and artists to highlight the connection between writing and the body

Religion

• Incarnation
• Anthropopathy in Islam, a religious faith in early Islam similar to the Incarnation

Other

• Personification, an embodiment of an entity, usually in the form of a person.
• Embodied energy, required to produce any goods or services
• Embodied water or virtual water, the water used in the production of a good or service
• Claim (patent), in patent law, embodiment refers to implementation of an invention
• Embodied agent, an agent with a physical presence in the world (Robotics)

See also

• Embodyment, American Christian rock band