Previous studies have demonstrated that verbal descriptions of actions activate compatible
motor responses (Glenberg & Kaschak, 2002; Zwaan & Taylor, 2006). The present study …

Verbal descriptions of actions activate compatible motor responses [Glenberg, AM, &
Kaschak, MP (2002). Grounding language in action. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 9, 558 …

Neuroimaging and behavioral studies have revealed involvement of the brain's motor
system in language comprehension. The Linguistic-Focus Hypothesis [Taylor, LJ, & Zwaan …

Observing actions and understanding sentences about actions activates corresponding
motor processes in the observer-comprehender. In 5 experiments, the authors addressed 2 …

This study used a dual-task paradigm to analyze the time course of motor resonance during
the comprehension of action language. In the study, participants read sentences describing …

A growing body of research suggests that comprehending verbal descriptions of actions
relies on an internal simulation of the described action. To assess this motor resonance …

Processing sentences describing actions performed by the hearer (eg You gave Andy a
pizza) primes actually performing a motor action compatible with the one described …

Embodied theories of language processing suggest that this motor simulation is an
automatic and necessary component of meaning representation. If this is the case, then …

Classical cognitive theories hold that word representations in the brain are abstract and
amodal, and are independent of the objects' sensorimotor properties they refer to. An …

In a recent study Boulenger et al.(2006) found that processing action verbs assisted
reaching movement when the word was processed prior to movement onset and interfered …