EMBODIMENT IS THE FOUNDATION, NOT A LEVEL

Embodiment, the explicit dependence of cognition on the properties of the human body, is the foundation of contemporary cognitive science. B allard et al.'s target article makes an important contribution to the embodiment story by suggesting how limitations on neural binding abili ty lead to deictic strategies for many tasks. It also exploits the pow erful experimental method of instrumented virtual reality. This commen tary suggests some ways in which the target article might be misinterp reted and offers other cautions.