Embodied and Extended Cognition
Embodied and Extended Cognition is a research topic within Cognitive Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 17.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the predictive brain theory, which integrates concepts of active inference, free energy principle, and embodied cognition. It delves into the role of neural dynamics, affordances, and the enactive approach in shaping cognition. Additionally, it investigates the extension of cognition into the environment and social interactions through distributed cognition.
- Predictive Brain Theory
- Embodied Cognition
- Active Inference
- Free Energy Principle
- Enactive Approach
- Neural Dynamics
- Affordances
- Extended Mind
- Social Cognition
- Distributed Cognition
- Research works
- 10k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +30% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Embodied and Extended Cognition research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (492 and 236 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 492 works
- 2 United Kingdom 236 works
- 3 Germany 181 works
- 4 Italy 132 works
- 5 Canada 93 works
- 6 China 84 works
- 7 France 80 works
- 8 Spain 72 works
- 9 Australia 72 works
- 10 Netherlands 69 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Embodied and Extended Cognition research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Oxford publishes the most Embodied and Extended Cognition research, followed by University College London and Ruhr University Bochum.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 25 works
- 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 14 works
- 3 Ruhr University BochumGermany 13 works
- 4 University of CopenhagenDenmark 12 works
- 5 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 12 works
- 6 University of SussexUnited Kingdom 11 works
- 7 University of Southern DenmarkDenmark 9 works
- 8 University of AntwerpBelgium 9 works
- 9 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 9 works
- 10 Monash UniversityAustralia 9 works
Who are the leading researchers in Embodied and Extended Cognition?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Embodied and Extended Cognition include Roy F. Baumeister and Karl Friston.
- 1 Roy F. Baumeister United States 3.6k citations
- 2 Karl Friston United Kingdom 3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Embodied and Extended Cognition research done?
The largest centres of Embodied and Extended Cognition research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Rome (Italy), Paris (France) and Oxford (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Oxford.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- OxfordGB · 30.2 works8.0×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Embodied and Extended Cognition than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Embodied and Extended Cognition?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Oxford, University of Southern Denmark and University of Wollongong score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 79.2 | 20.0% | 9.6× | 25 | +127.5% |
| 2 | University of Southern DenmarkDenmark | 71.3 | 24.8% | 13.6× | 9 | +174.5% |
| 3 | University of WollongongAustralia | 68.5 | 27.9% | 15.8× | 9 | +109.0% |
| 4 | University College LondonUnited Kingdom | 61.2 | 38.4% | 4.8× | 14 | +67.2% |
| 5 | University of SussexUnited Kingdom | 60.0 | 26.5% | 27.4× | 11 | -10.7% |
| 6 | Ruhr University BochumGermany | 58.9 | 16.2% | 16.1× | 13 | +92.2% |
| 7 | University of CopenhagenDenmark | 58.0 | 23.0% | 8.4× | 12 | +25.3% |
| 8 | University of AntwerpBelgium | 54.3 | 15.6% | 15.1× | 9 | +38.3% |
| 9 | Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands | 53.0 | 21.7% | 10.4× | 9 | -41.3% |
| 10 | Aarhus UniversityDenmark | 47.4 | 33.8% | 5.9× | 9 | -16.5% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Embodied and Extended Cognition research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Embodied and Extended Cognition.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.