具身认知是认知心理学的一种新取向。它否定了传统认知科学把心智看作一种抽象的计算过程的立场。肯定了认知对身体的依赖和身体在认知过程中的根源性。具身认知强调的是,认知不仅不能脱离身体,而且与环境和社会紧密相联。
The embodied cognition is a new orientation in cognitive psychology. It negates the traditional cognition's position which considers the mind as an abstract computational process, and affirms that the cognition depends on the body and the body is the origin of the cognitive process. What the embodied cognition emphasizes is cognition cannot develop without body and the body is closely link with the environment and social.