Remember how research in artificial intelligence shows that intelligence can not be viewed in isolation without being embedded in a body (see New AI: Embodied Intelligence)? Research in cognition shows how entangled the body and brain are. Our body has an important role in how we perceive, think and remember.  

Art Glenberg explains in this interview (via Brain Science Podcast) how higher cognitive abilities are shaped by the perceptual and motor abilities of our bodies. 

Perhaps, it is required for a computational device (be it brain or computer) to be embedded in a body, to acquire intelligence? 

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