作者
Arthur M Glenberg, Marc Sato, Luigi Cattaneo, Lucia Riggio, Daniele Palumbo, Giovanni Buccino
发表日期
2008/6
期刊
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
卷号
61
期号
6
页码范围
905-919
出版商
SAGE Publications
简介
Embodiment theory proposes that neural systems for perception and action are also engaged during language comprehension. Previous neuroimaging and neurophysiological studies have only been able to demonstrate modulation of action systems during comprehension of concrete language. We provide neurophysiological evidence for modulation of motor system activity during the comprehension of both concrete and abstract language. In Experiment 1, when the described direction of object transfer or information transfer (e.g., away from the reader to another) matched the literal direction of a hand movement used to make a response, speed of responding was faster than when the two directions mismatched (an action–sentence compatibility effect). In Experiment 2, we used single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation to study changes in the corticospinal motor pathways to hand muscles while reading the …
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