Is there a contradiction between theory of embodied cognition and clinical symptoms in schizophrenia?
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Diana
Interesting question that is still under hot debate. There seems to be much support to suggest that abnormalities in sensorimotor control and awareness of action may underlie some psychotic symptoms. In particular, this is relevant to passivity symptoms such as delusions of control and auditory hallucinations, in which the locus of control, or agency of actions, thoughts and intentions are shifted from the self to an external agent. Here are some classic examples from the literature:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/734369
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16137779
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1692910/
I also believe that there may be a link between abnormalities in embodied cognition and the deficits in social cognition seen in schizophrenia:
http://www.frontiersin.org/Human_Neuroscience/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00147/abstract
Do you think that there might be a contradiction between the theory of embodied cognition and the clinical symptoms of schizophrenia? If so, I would be keen to hear more.
Interesting question that is still under hot debate. There seems to be much support to suggest that abnormalities in sensorimotor control and awareness of action may underlie some psychotic symptoms. In particular, this is relevant to passivity symptoms such as delusions of control and auditory hallucinations, in which the locus of control, or agency of actions, thoughts and intentions are shifted from the self to an external agent. Here are some classic examples from the literature:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/734369
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16137779
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1692910/
I also believe that there may be a link between abnormalities in embodied cognition and the deficits in social cognition seen in schizophrenia:
http://www.frontiersin.org/Human_Neuroscience/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00147/abstract
Do you think that there might be a contradiction between the theory of embodied cognition and the clinical symptoms of schizophrenia? If so, I would be keen to hear more.
Thank you for references. I will do my best to answer your questions as soon as possible but I still need a lot of focusing on debates. Also I will demonstrate why I consider important to validate embodied cognition theory and if there is a link with positive symptoms in schizophrenia.
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My first question would be: What kind of embodied cognition theory?
In social psychology embodiment appears to be any influence of a bodily posture on a cognitive task (e.g. approach / avoidance) and is a weak embodied, embedded cognition (or weak EEC, see http://www.nici.ru.nl/~irisvr/NeuroEEC07_Accepted.pdf)
Strong EEC would probably be along the lines of the work of Thelen & Smith (e.g. http://defiant.ssc.uwo.ca/graduate/psych9440/readings/smith&theolen.pdf )
I prefer a radical embodied cognitive science (Chemero: http://www.amazon.com/Radical-Embodied-Cognitive-Science-Bradford/dp/0262013223 ) and related to your question it may be of interest to you to learn what James Gibson had to say about hallucinations: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1572259?uid=3738736&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&sid=21101133198741
good luck!
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