Embodied or embodiment may refer to:

Anthropology

  • Embodiment theory in anthropology

Cognitive science

  • Embodied bilingual language, in cognitive science
  • Embodied cognition, a theory that many aspects of cognition are shaped by the body
  • Embodied cognitive science, seeks to explain the mechanisms underlying intelligent behavior
  • Embodied design, that the actions of the body can play a role in the development of thought and ideas
  • Embodied imagination, a therapeutic form of working with dreams and memories
  • Embodied knowledge, a.k.a. tacit knowledge

Music and arts

  • Embodiment 12:14, a Christian Australian metalcore band
  • Embodiment: Collapsing Under the Weight of God, a 2008 album by the band Sculptured
  • Embodied music cognition, in musicology
  • Embodied writing, practices are used by academics and artists to highlight the connection between writing and the body
  • Embodiment, 2015 album by Katerine Duska
  • Embodiment (Enterprise Earth album), 2017 album by Enterprise Earth

Religion

  • Divine embodiment, the visualized appearance of the deity assumed in theurgical, tantric, and other mystical practices
  • Incarnation, the embodiment of a deity or spirit in some earthly form, an anthropomorphic form of a god

Other

  • Claim (patent), in patent law, embodiment refers to implementation of an invention
  • Embodied agent, an agent with a physical presence in the world (Robotics)
  • Embodied energy, required to produce any goods or services
  • Embodied water or virtual water, the water used in the production of a good or service
  • Personification, an embodiment of an entity, usually in the form of a person

See also

  • Embodyment, American Christian rock band