Embodied Cognition is the thesis that: "Cognition evolved to guide real bodies in the real world...Our thoughts are constrained and influenced by the details of our flesh. How you move your arm or leg actually shapes the way you perceive, think and remember. " To put it differently, thought is a tool for the purpose of more effective action. We should not think of thought as an end-in-itself, but as something useful only in properly guiding us as social beings with practical, not abstract, problems to solve.
This may explain why young students have so much trouble with algebra: that paragon of abstract and detached (read: disembodied) thought.
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