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Embodiment of Social Interaction: Our Place in the World Around Us

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Mind-body reciprocity is a fundamental property of a person’s cognition, with emphasis on the role of the body in embodied communication and embodied social cognition.

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Tschacher, W. (2018). Embodiment of Social Interaction: Our Place in the World Around Us. In: Hauke, G., Kritikos, A. (eds) Embodiment in Psychotherapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92889-0_5

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