According to the embodied cognition view, comprehending action-related language requires
the participation of sensorimotor processes. A now sizeable literature has tested this …

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and
pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in this exciting field. It …

Background The causal relationships between neural substrates and human language have
been investigated by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). However, the robustness of …

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) studies have shown that cortico-cortical paired
associative stimulation (ccPAS) can strengthen connectivity between the ventral premotor …

Cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation (ccPAS) is an effective transcranial magnetic
stimulation (TMS) method for inducing associative plasticity between interconnected brain …

Exposure to emotional body postures during perceptual decision-making tasks has been
linked to transient suppression of motor reactivity, supporting the monitoring of emotionally …

Negation applied to action contexts reduces the activation of the motor system. According to
the Reusing Inhibition for Negation (RIN) hypothesis, such “disembodiment” effect occurs …

Stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among elderly populations worldwide.
During the early phase of stroke, restoring blood circulation is of utmost importance to …

The contribution of action-perception systems of the brain to lexical semantics remains
controversial. Here, we used high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD …

Embodied cognition theories predict a functional involvement of sensorimotor processes in
language understanding. In a preregistered experiment, we tested this idea by investigating …