As an acting teacher, I am working in the relationship between image, emotion, impulse, and language. I have created a training module towards that end. I am not a scientists, so perhaps my experience is not what you are seeking. However, I am attempting to bridge the divide between what acting teachers know and what scientists discover. I am currently working on a book around this topic.
I recommend Lakoff and Gallese's The Brain's Concepts: The role of the sensory-motor system in conceptual knowledge.
The 2007 book 'Embodiment in Cognition and Culture" is composed of a series of essays that bridges the gap between natural sciences and the study of culture, all under the umbrella of embodiment. I suspect the essays "Reading with the body: Sound, rhythm, and music in Gertrude Stein" and "What does laughter embody" might be particularly interesting to you.
Mirror Neurons, however, is touched upon only tangentially.
Juan
"The 2007 book 'Embodiment in Cognition and Culture" "
that's one of those terrifyingly expensive scholarly books. Amazon doesn't post a ToC - I'll have to look more carefully.
Regarding Mirror Neurons. go to the source - Gallese, Rizzolati, et al.
I have created recently Juripragmatics, the science of communication in the hearing room and the foundation of comparative law. One of the foundations of Juripragmatics is precisely embodiment.
if this is still relevant I'm currenty working on at application for a ph.D. position focusing on the the relationship between pretend-play and reading comprehension. Once I get started i would be happy to share and exchange.
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