TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing the therapeutic potential of embodied cognition and metaphors in nature-based therapy
T2 - lessons from theory to practice
AU - Corazon, Sus Sola
AU - Schilhab, Theresa
AU - Stigsdotter, Anna Ulrika Karlsson
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - This paper theoretically examines the interplay between cognition and bodily involvement in relation to nature-based therapy and proposes implications for practice. With support from theory within embodied cognition and neuroscientific studies, it is argued that explicit learning is actively supported by bodily involvement with the environment. This argument is placed in the context of 'nature-based therapy', which can be perceived as a generic term for treatments with therapeutic use of activities and experiences in natural environments. The paper proposes that the use of metaphors to conceptualize desired therapeutic understanding in connection with the performance of activities in nature-based therapy can support the learning and change process by semantically relating cognition and bodily involvement.
AB - This paper theoretically examines the interplay between cognition and bodily involvement in relation to nature-based therapy and proposes implications for practice. With support from theory within embodied cognition and neuroscientific studies, it is argued that explicit learning is actively supported by bodily involvement with the environment. This argument is placed in the context of 'nature-based therapy', which can be perceived as a generic term for treatments with therapeutic use of activities and experiences in natural environments. The paper proposes that the use of metaphors to conceptualize desired therapeutic understanding in connection with the performance of activities in nature-based therapy can support the learning and change process by semantically relating cognition and bodily involvement.
U2 - 10.1080/14729679.2011.633389
DO - 10.1080/14729679.2011.633389
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1472-9679
VL - 11
SP - 161
EP - 171
JO - Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning
JF - Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning
IS - 2
ER -