Foundations of Embodied Learning advances learning, instruction, and the design of
educational technologies by rethinking the learner as an integrated system of mind, body …

Embodied cognition (EC) underlines that cognition is constrained by the kind of body we
possess, and stresses the importance of action for cognition. In this perspective the body is …

Abstract The Action-sentence Compatibility Effect (ACE) is a well-known demonstration of
the role of motor activity in the comprehension of language. Participants are asked to make …

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 …

In recent years, there has been rapidly growing interest in embodied cognition, a
multifaceted theoretical proposition that (1) cognitive processes are influenced by the …

The Simulation Framework, also known as the Embodied Cognition Framework, maintains
that conceptual knowledge is grounded in sensorimotor systems. To test several predictions …

The sensory–motor account of conceptual processing suggests that modality-specific
attributes play a central role in the organization of object and action knowledge in the brain …

Manual actions are a hallmark of humanness. Their underlying neural circuitry gives rise to
species-specific skills and interacts with language processes. In particular, multiple studies …

Verbs have two separate levels of meaning. One level reflects the uniqueness of every verb
and is called the “root”. The other level consists of a more austere representation that is …

Within the language domain, movement disorders triggered by frontostriatal damage are
characterized by deficits in action verbs, motor-language coupling, and syntax. However …