Body Consciousness and Performance: Somaesthetics East and West

Shusterman, Richard

doi:10.1111/j.1540-6245.2009.01343.x

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“…Therefore, instead of explanations (e.g., self-focus theories) that emphasize the proceduralized nature of skilled performance, we may require theoretical accounts which focus on the interchanging phases or stages of learning (Shusterman, 2008, 2009) that appear to characterize training and performance at the elite level of sport. Consequently, we propose that Sutton et al’s (2011) AIR approach may help researchers to explain how performers can alternate between different modes of processing.…”

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In praise of conscious awareness: a new framework for the investigation of â€œcontinuous improvementâ€ in expert athletes

Toner

Moran

2014

Front. Psychol.

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A key postulate of traditional theories of motor skill-learning (e.g., Fitts and Posner, 1967; Shiffrin and Schneider, 1977) is that expert performance is largely automatic in nature and tends to deteriorate when the performer “reinvests” in, or attempts to exert conscious control over, proceduralized movements (Masters and Maxwell, 2008). This postulate is challenged, however, by recent empirical evidence (e.g., Nyberg, in press; Geeves et al., 2014) which shows that conscious cognitive activity plays a key role in facilitating further improvement amongst expert sports performers and musicians – people who have already achieved elite status (Toner and Moran, in press). This evidence suggests that expert performers in motor domains (e.g., sport, music) can strategically deploy conscious attention to alternate between different modes of bodily awareness (reflective and pre-reflective) during performance. Extrapolating from this phenomenon, the current paper considers how a novel theoretical approach (adapted from Sutton et al., 2011) could help researchers to elucidate some of the cognitive mechanisms mediating continuous improvement amongst expert performers.

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In praise of conscious awareness: a new framework for the investigation of â€œcontinuous improvementâ€ in expert athletes

Toner

Moran

2014

Front. Psychol.

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“…A focus on reflective somatic awareness heightens and shapes our perceptual field, enhancing our quality of life. For instance, some of our bodily habits may be faulty and even harmful, a situation that may go initially unattended without careful self-observance and prevention [28]. Furthermore, it is important to take into account that bodily self-awareness is fundamental in the process of learning, which is a continual task across our human existence (ibid).…”

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“…The final source is Shusterman's pragmatist Somaesthetics and its emergent correlations to HCI [29]. Somaesthetics is an interdisciplinary proposal committed to the critical study and practice of somatic cultivation as a centre of sensory appreciation and selffashioning [28].…”

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Crafting the body-tool

Núñez-Pacheco

Loke

2014

Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

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Wearable technology brings computation in intimate proximity to the body, raising questions about the role of the body in interacting with tools. The disappearance of self and technology in achieving transparent and skilful actionthe ideal aspiration of ubiquitous and context-aware computing -overlooks the potential of self-awareness as a critical resource for interactive experiences grounded in the body. We propose a body-centred perspective on wearable technology informed by phenomenological theories on the body-tool relationship and pragmatist Somaesthetics prioritising the cultivation of the self through somatic awareness for improved life quality. We extend Heidegger's concept of present-at-hand with a new concept of present-at-body, defined as the reflective use of tools for developing bodily self-awareness. In our body-centred approach to wearable technology, we emphasise the dynamic interplay between visibility and transparency of body and tool as a fundamental resource for learning and self-development.

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“…One can also find possible integration of East-West philosophies. For example, both Shusterman's somaesthetics [16] and Chinese's Tai Chi Chuan (i.e. the corporal expression of the philosophy of Yin and Yang) share similar views that the body and the mind are whole.…”

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Leveraging and Integrating Eastern and Western Insights for Human Engagement Studies in HCI

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Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Body Consciousness and Performance: Somaesthetics East and West

Cited by 40 publications

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In praise of conscious awareness: a new framework for the investigation of â€œcontinuous improvementâ€ in expert athletes

In praise of conscious awareness: a new framework for the investigation of â€œcontinuous improvementâ€ in expert athletes

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Leveraging and Integrating Eastern and Western Insights for Human Engagement Studies in HCI

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Body Consciousness and Performance: Somaesthetics East and West

Cited by 40 publications

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In praise of conscious awareness: a new framework for the investigation of â€œcontinuous improvementâ€ in expert athletes

In praise of conscious awareness: a new framework for the investigation of â€œcontinuous improvementâ€ in expert athletes

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Leveraging and Integrating Eastern and Western Insights for Human Engagement Studies in HCI

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In praise of conscious awareness: a new framework for the investigation of â€œcontinuous improvementâ€ in expert athletes

In praise of conscious awareness: a new framework for the investigation of â€œcontinuous improvementâ€ in expert athletes