# The Extended Mind ``` toc ``` ## Overview Thinking Outside The Brain _Reach beyond to harness powers that allow us to do things that our brain alone would not be able to achieve_ Everyone's brain has limits in it's ability to: - pay attention - remember - call on those memories during stress - engage in logic - grasp counterintuitive ideas - persist in challenging effort - rapidly interpret the complex, abstract symbol based counterintuitive world [[we use metaphors to describe the brain]] # Outline ## Embodied Cognition _How movement impacts our thinking_ - [[movement impacts our readiness to learn and create]] - [[speech augments gestures]] - [[interoception is key step in reducing psychologic overload]] ## Situated Cognition _How place impacts our thinking_ ## Distributed Cognition _Thinking with others_ ### Transactive memory _How people working in groups can coordinate their areas of expertise_ ### Collective intelligence _How our thinking takes place within groups_ # Key Question: Where does the mind start and end? What is inside and outside the brain? How does technology extend the mind? ## Sources Paul, A. M. (2021). _The extended mind: The power of thinking outside the brain_. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.