A critical look at the embodied cognition hypothesis and a new proposal for grounding conceptual content.
Journal of physiology, Paris 2008 Bradford Z Mahon, Alfonso Caramazza
Many studies have demonstrated that the sensory and motor systems are activated during conceptual processing. Such results have been interpreted as indicating that concepts, and important aspects of cognition more broadly, are embodied. That conclusion does not follow from the empirical evidence. The reason why is that the empirical evidence can equally be accommodated by a 'disembodied' view...