1. relating to or based on physical action and bodily experience as a way of learning or understanding the world
Usage: cognitive science, education, psychology
2. of or relating to the enactive approach, a theory that cognition arises through sensorimotor interaction with the environment
Usage: cognitive science, philosophy of mind

Examples

• The enactive approach emphasizes that children learn through hands-on exploration and movement.
• Enactive learning involves using your body and senses to understand new concepts.
• Teachers often use enactive methods to help students grasp abstract ideas through physical activity.
• The enactive theory suggests that perception and action are deeply interconnected.
• Dance and movement-based instruction are examples of enactive pedagogy.
• Enactive cognition challenges the idea that the mind works like a computer processing abstract symbols.