Embodied or embodiment may refer to:
Anthropology
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Embodiment theory in anthropology
Cognitive science
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Embodied bilingual language, in cognitive science
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Embodied cognition, a theory that many aspects of cognition are shaped by the body
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Embodied cognitive science
Embodied cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field of research, the aim of which is to explain the mechanisms underlying intelligent behavior. It comprises three main methodologies: the modeling of psychological and biological systems in a ...
, seeks to explain the mechanisms underlying intelligent behavior
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Embodied design, that the actions of the body can play a role in the development of thought and ideas
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Embodied imagination, a therapeutic form of working with dreams and memories
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Embodied knowledge, a.k.a. tacit knowledge
Music and arts
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Embodiment 12:14, a Christian Australian metalcore band
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Embodiment: Collapsing Under the Weight of God'', a 2008 album by the band Sculptured
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Embodied music cognition
Embodied music cognition is a direction within systematic musicology interested in studying the role of the human body in relation to all musical activities.
It considers the human body as the natural mediator between mind (focused on musical in ...
, in musicology
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Embodied writing, practices are used by academics and artists to highlight the connection between writing and the body
Religion
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Incarnation
Incarnation literally means ''embodied in flesh'' or ''taking on flesh''. It refers to the conception and the embodiment of a deity or spirit in some earthly form or the appearance of a god as a human. If capitalized, it is the union of divinit ...
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Anthropopathy in Islam, a religious faith in early Islam similar to the Incarnation
Other
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Personification, an embodiment of an
entity
An entity is something that exists as itself, as a subject or as an object, actually or potentially, concretely or abstractly, physically or not. It need not be of material existence. In particular, abstractions and legal fictions are usually ...
, usually in the form of a person.
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Embodied energy
Embodied energy is the sum of all the energy required to produce any goods or services, considered as if that energy was incorporated or 'embodied' in the product itself. The concept can be useful in determining the effectiveness of energy-produ ...
, required to produce any goods or services
*Embodied water or
virtual water
The virtual water trade (also known as embedded or embodied water) is the hidden flow of water in food or other commodities that are traded from one place to another. The virtual water trade is the idea that when goods and services are exchanged, s ...
, the water used in the production of a good or service
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Claim (patent)
In a patent or patent application, the claims define, in technical terms, the extent, i.e. the scope, of the protection conferred by a patent, or the protection sought in a patent application. In other words, the purpose of the claims is to defin ...
, in patent law, embodiment refers to implementation of an invention
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Embodied agent
In artificial intelligence, an embodied agent, also sometimes referred to as an interface agent, is an intelligent agent that interacts with the environment through a physical body within that environment. Agents that are represented graphically ...
, an agent with a physical presence in the world (Robotics)
See also
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Embodyment
Embodyment was a Christian rock band from Arlington, Texas. The group formed in 1992 and were first known by the name Supplication where they originally played death metal, later turning to deathcore with the release of their debut album ''Embr ...
, American Christian rock band
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