Blog — engagement

A lot has been said about the role of posture in thinking and engagement. The American Posture Institute cites research into posture and cognition stating: With proper posture, there is better cognitive performance. -Muehlhan, M. et al. (2014) Muehlhan’s research measured students ability to retain information as a result of physical posture. Generally speaking, the more passive and “laid back” a student’s posture, the less information she could retain. Interestingly, the research was initially aimed at determining whether fMRI studies were yielding truly accurate results, given that fMRI scans are always done in a supine position. This seems fairly obvious,...