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To systematically assess human-LLM alignment in concept representations, we propose a novel evaluation framework based on sensorimotor regularities, operationalized as image schemas\u2014multimodal gestalts derived from repeated sensorimotor experiences. Investigating linguistic manifestations of such schemas, we systematically identify human-LLM alignments and misalignments in the encoding of sensorimotor regularities. Results indicate that three contemporary disembodied LLMs encode highly human-like sensorimotor gestalts. However, these models exhibit reduced alignment when mapping such gestalts to concepts, and they do not systematically combine these gestalts in ways consistent with human patterns. We identify each LLM\u2019s misalignments with human patterns in image schema distribution, conceptual associations, and image schema co-occurrences. 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