Without widely accepted and acceptable characterisations of what is to be meant by the terms cognition and embodiment, to ask what the role of embodiment in cognition is remains an illformed question. The connection between cognition and physical embodiment is however an important issue, and investigating it may well bring some enlightenment to the concepts of cognition and embodiment. In this ...

Feeling embodiment over our body or body part has a major role in the understanding of the self and control of self-actions. Even though it is crucial in our daily life, embodiment is not an homogenous phenotype across population, as quantified by implicit and explicit measures (i.e., neuroimaging or self-reports). Studies have shown differences in neuropathological conditions compared to healt...

This work aims at demonstrating the necessity of embracing a strong notion of social embodiment in designing a real-world robot with coherent “intelligent” social behaviour. It develops the current conception of embodiment beyond mere physical aspects by demonstrating the inherent importance of social embodiment. It also develops a corresponding social framework to maximise the fundamental soci...

This paper looks at embodiment from a cross-disciplinary perspective. The notion that embodiment is an essential requirement for conscious awareness is explored using both a scientific and religious approach. Artificial intelligence, transhumanism and cybernetics are discussed as they force a pragmatic approach to defining and understanding situated embodiment. The concept of human immortality ...