In this chapter it is argued that self-direction is currently well above the head of the majority of youngsters and even of many adults. Evidence for this conclusion stems from developmental and brain research. However, for various reasons it is important that people develop the competences that are …

From the article: Abstract Over the last decades, philosophers and cognitive scientists have argued that the brain constitutes only one of several contributing factors to cognition, the other factors being the body and the world. This position we refer to as Embodied Embedded Cognition (EEC). The …

Touching happens fewer and fewer by the results of the automation and industrialization (Sluijter, 2002). For some reason, touching is not as usual as it has been in former times. Nowadays, touching became a taboo, especially the growing publicity and the influences of the media upon it, makes that touching …

Bijna alle mensen met een amputatie hebben in meer of mindere mate last van fantoomverschijnselen. Deze verschijnselen kunnen het dagelijks leven van deze patiënten behoorlijk beïnvloeden. Ondanks het feit dat fantoompijn vaak voorkomt na een amputatie, wordt toch maar een kleine groep patiënten voor …