2026 International Symposium on Embodied Cognition (ISEC)

Hosted by the Yale Center for Brain and Mind Health, ISEC 2026 brings together leading researchers, clinicians, and educators to explore how movement, perception, and emotion shape cognition and mental health. This interdisciplinary event highlights advances across neuroscience, rehabilitation, education, artificial intelligence, and the arts, with a focus on translational applications of embodied cognition.

Keynote Presenters:

• Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, PhD, University of Cambridge
• Rajita Sinha, PhD, Yale School of Medicine
• Ana Isabelle: live performance from this award-winning actress, dancer, and singer-songwriter

Featured Sessions:

1. Artificial Intelligence and Embodied Systems

2. Psychedelic Science

3. Fencing: The Embodied Cognitive Sports

4. Theater and Expressive Well-being

5. Embodied Classroom

6. Sports Neuroscience

7. Mind–Body Interventions & Rehabilitation

8. Movement and Aging