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enclothed cognition

enclothed cognition noun: the overall influence that clothing has on the wearer's psychological processes.

Noun

enclothed cognition (uncountable)

  1. The overall influence that clothing has on the wearer's psychological processes.
    • Overall, though, this new work suggests that the core idea of enclothed cognition is generally valid. It also demonstrates an exciting meta-psychology approach that might be used in other fields with high profile papers that have failed to replicate, but ample papers that support the core idea.2023 August 25, Emma Young, “Enclothed cognition brushes up well”, in British Psychological Society, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024

Origin of enclothed cognition

Coined by Hajo Adam and Adam D. Galinsky in 2012.

Questions about enclothed cognition

What does enclothed cognition mean?
Enclothed cognition means the overall influence that clothing has on the wearer's psychological processes.
What part of speech is enclothed cognition?
Enclothed cognition is a noun.

Words near enclothed cognition in the dictionary

  1. enclosings
  2. enclosure
  3. enclosures
  4. enclothe
  5. enclothed
  6. enclothed cognition
  7. enclothes
  8. enclothing
  9. encloud
  10. enclouded
  11. enclouding

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