This commentary critiques Mougenot and Matheson's proposal to integrate embodied cognition with mechanistic explanations in cognitive neuroscience. We suggest more promising directions for embodied cognitive neuroscience, focusing on neuroethological research and evolutionary studies of nervous systems. These approaches, compatible with wide mechanistic explanations, offer a robust path forward by examining central nervous system function within whole organisms in their environments.
Keywords: Embodied cognition; cognitive neuroscience; conceptual integration; evolutionary neuroscience; mechanistic explanation; neuroethology; replication crisis.