Somaesthetics is an interdisciplinary research program that originated in pragmatist philosophy at the very end of the twentieth century and that has developed into an active academic field with its own journal ( The Journal of Somaesthetics ) and book series (Studies in Somaesthetics) and a
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Somaesthetics in Context
Richard Shusterman
Re-Education: What Can Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Movement Education Teach Kinesiology?
David I. Anderson
“somaesthetics” (e.g., Shusterman, this issue) would appear to capture that integration more saliently. The second reason for using the label “CAAME” is to highlight that the approaches covered in this special issue are educational, rather than therapeutic. The educational component is evident in the active
Further Evidence for an External Focus of Attention in Running: Looking at Specific Focus Instructions and Individual Differences
Antje Hill, Linda Schücker, Norbert Hagemann, and Bernd Strauß
an internal focus and the perception of somatic processes as a mediator of constant improvement: Especially when athletes get into dysfunctional habits, a conscious perception of their bodies’ messages can allow somaesthetic awareness to achieve new levels of excellence ( Toner & Moran, 2015
A Holistic Focus of Attention Increases Torque Production and Electromyography Activity in an Isokinetic Elbow Flexion
Kevin A. Becker and Marco A. Avalos
of Sport Sciences, 17 ( 4 ), 338 – 345 . Toner , J. , & Moran , A. ( 2015 ). Enhancing performance proficiency at the expert level: Considering the role of ‘somaesthetic awareness’ . Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 16 , 110 – 117 . 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.07.006 Wulf , G. , Höß, M
If It All Comes Down to Bodily Awareness, How Do We Know? Assessing Bodily Awareness
Wolf E. Mehling
Personality Assessment, 53 ( 4 ), 802 – 815 . doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa5304_16 10.1207/s15327752jpa5304_16 Shusterman , R. ( 2008 ). Body consciousness: A philosophy of mindfulness and somaesthetics . New York, NY : Cambridge University Press . 10.1017/CBO9780511802829 Stern , E.R. , Grimaldi , S
The Interaction Between Long-Term Memory and Postural Control: Different Effects of Episodic and Semantic Tasks
Maëlle Tixier, Corinne Cian, Pierre-Alain Barraud, Rafael Laboissiere, and Stéphane Rousset
within the neural pathway for postural stabilization, each of these three systems has a separate frequency range for optimal operation—that is, low frequencies account for visual regulation, medium frequencies for vestibular/somaesthetic, and high frequencies for proprioceptive participation (>2 Hz
