Embodied cognition: So flexible as to be "disembodied"?
Consciousness and Cognition January 22, 2021 Francesco Ianì
This review aims to explore what I call the "Embodiment Cost Hypothesis" (ECH), according to which, when humans "embody" a part of the world other than their bodies, a measurable cost is detectable on their real bodies. The review analyzes experimental evidence in favor of the ECH by examining studies from different research fields, including studies of action observation (2), tool-use (3),...