Occupational therapists (OT) use evidence based practice on different levels in education and/or practice. The concept of evidence-based practice has been introduced as a means of linking research findings and OT/PT practice.
The Swedish Association of Occupational Therapists
According to the “4E” approach, cognitive processes as Embodied, Embedded, Enacted, and Extended.
“4E cognition” is a relatively new and growing field of interdisciplinary research. It advocates that cognition is shaped and structured by "dynamic interactions between the brain, body
Several studies have shown that multiple physical and mental health benefits as well as academic achievements can be attained when children participate in in-classroom motion-based active - embodied - learning tasks.
Nowadys, cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists believe that the processes
Established pedagogy considers that the active human body can alter the function of the brain, hence the cognitive process. As explained by several researchers such as Nguyen and Larson (2015), in “embodied learning contexts, learners are simultaneously sensorimotor bodies, reflective