These scientists have confused the hand with the glove. Here's how I know. Each of these is a unique ability you have. Each is completely your own. They are utterly private unless you choose to reveal them.
Physical things have physical characteristics that can be examined equally by all parties.
If all physical things have physical properties and are also third-person public, and if your mental states have no physical qualities and are utterly private, then your essential self is not the same as your physical body. The hand is not the glove. Your soul is your essential self, the thing you reflect on when you introspect. Even if you had no body you would still be yourself, because that which is essentially you is not physical. Your private mental states cannot be recorded on a computer chip.