The Ecological Brain needs the rest of E-Cognition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21591772 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mason Cash (University of Central Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1333-1340 |
| Publication date | 2026-05-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-5089 • E-ISSN: 1465-394X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09515089.2024.2447382 |
| OpenAlex | W4406659097 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
Luis H. Favela’s (2024) The ecological brain: Unifying the sciences of brain, body, and environment uses complex systems theory’s methods, concepts and theories to illustrate the possibility of integrating neuroscience with ecological psychology, in spite of the antipathy these fields ostensibly have for one another. While this “NeuroEcological Nexus Theory” (NExT) is a very promising framework to achieve this primary goal, I argue that it ultimately needs more than just Embodied, Embedded (or Ecological) cognition. Favela’s secondary goals of having “œbroad applicability to other mind sciences” and eventually also explaining “real” cognition beyond perception-action coordination, can’t be achieved without incorporating the other aspects of so-called “E-Cognition”; especially Enactive and Extended/Extensive cognition
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology
Going Radical
Action and Interaction
Enactivist Interventions
Radicalizing Enactivism
After Phrenology
Evolving Enactivism
Neural reuse
What’s Inside Your Head Once You’ve Figured Out What Your Head’s Inside Of
Neural Regulation of Adaptive Behavior
The Intentionality All-Stars
Doing without representing
Beyond the extended mind
Moving beyond “nouns in the lab”
The Embodied Mind
| Highly cited | No |
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