%A Dr Michael Anderson %J Embodied Cognition and Perceptual Learning in Adaptive Development %T How to study the mind: An introduction to embodied cognition %X Embodied Cognition (EC) is a comprehensive approach to, and framework for, the study of the mind. EC treats cognition as a coordinated set of tools evolved by organisms for coping with their environments. Each of the key terms in this characterization-tool, evolved, organism, coping, and environment-has a special significance for understanding the mind that is discussed in this article. %E F. Santoianni %E C. Sabatano %D 2005 %I Cambridge Scholars Press %L cogprints3945