Does embodied cognition allow a better management of neurological diseases? A review on the link between cognitive language processing and motor function

A Naro, MG Maggio, D Latella, G La Rosa… - Applied …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
review is to provide an overall understanding of whether and how motor training could lead
to language … cycle, mirror neuron systems –MNS–, and embodied semantics). We therefore …

[HTML][HTML] The role of motor system in action-related language comprehension in L1 and L2: An fMRI study

L Tian, H Chen, W Zhao, J Wu, Q Zhang, A De… - … and Language, 2020 - Elsevier
language processing is embodied or not, which does not contribute much to improving our
understanding of how the motor system is involved in language processing. Instead, it would …

[HTML][HTML] … the involvement of motor cortex in embodied language comprehension stand on solid ground? A p-curve analysis and test for excess significance of the TMS …

P Solana, J Santiago - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
… were not peer-reviewed empirical studies (ie, reviews, meta-… studies of embodied language
comprehension that were not … in embodiment effects during language understanding, we …

Rethinking the role of language in embodied cognition

GO Dove - … Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… merely engages simulations that are grounded in non-linguistic sensorimotor … understanding
of the term embodied language. The second acknowledges that language plays a role in …

Embodiedlanguage processing: Mental motor imagery aptitude predicts word-definition skill for high but not for low imageable words in adolescents

Z Cayol, C Rotival, Y Paulignan, TA Nazir - Brain and cognition, 2020 - Elsevier
… results could open new perspectives on embodied language processing. First, our findings
… of why language processes recruit modality-specific brain regions. The fact that mental motor

Are metaphors embodied? The neural evidence

RH Desai - Psychological Research, 2022 - Springer
… Here, I review evidence from neuroimaging, brain stimulation… debate on embodiment of
metaphoric and idiomatic language. … causal or functional role of motor areas in processing action …

Language and embodiment—Or the cognitive benefits of abstract representations

NA Kompa - Mind & Language, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… All in all, then, I side with those who claim that in language processing sensory-motor (as …
we distinguish between more embodied forms (or cases) of language processing and more …

[HTML][HTML] Brain signatures of embodied semantics and language: A consensus paper

L Bechtold, SH Cosper, A Malyshevskaya… - Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… literature review in order to reiterate evidence for embodied views of language processing
… the brain signatures of embodied and situated language processing. We have paid special …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological meanings: A consensus paper on individual differences and contextual influences in embodied language

A Ibáñez, K Kühne, A Miklashevsky, E Monaco… - Journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… of language involving … -linguistic differences. In addition, we consider how contextual effects,
such as grammar of word stimuli or task framing, modulate embodied language processing. …

The Embodied Effect in the Comprehension of Chinese Action-Verb Metaphors

H Wang, S Zhang, X Li, B Gu - Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2024 - Springer
… The motor priming paradigm has been … embodied effect in language processing, so the
present study can add evidence to the embodied view in the scope of metaphor comprehension. …