Currently, cross disciplinary research is on an increasing trend in the field of tourism study and the introduction and rational application of new theories of multi disciplines has become a hot issue. Embodied cognitive theory as the core theory of the second generation of cognitive science, emphasizing the embedded dependencies and interaction among human thinking, body and situation, with natural and social science interdisciplinary theory background, provides a new perspective for the tourism interdisciplinary research. Basing on the understanding of embodied cognition theory origin and connotation, the paper analyzes the significance of embodied cognitive theory application in interdisciplinary scientific research, reviews the achievements of the related disciplines, and finally puts forward the cross-discipline application ideas of embodied cognition theory. From the point of view of scientific research and application significance, the theory of embodied cognition could be viewed as the theory with cross disciplinary perspectives and advantages to explain the human mind and its formation, it can help the researchers to break the barriers of natural science and social science, and construct a scientific interdisciplinary tourism research paradigm effectively.