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 …

The embodied account of language comprehension has been one of the most influential
theoretical developments in the recent decades addressing the question how humans …

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 …

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

In this paper, we discuss a variety of ways in which practising motor actions by means of
motor imagery (MI) can be enhanced via synchronous action observation (AO), that is, by …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 145 (9) of Journal
of Experimental Psychology: General (see record 2016-41092-002). In the article, the …

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 …

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

Although motor-language coupling is now being extensively studied, its underlying
mechanisms are not fully understood. In this sense, a crucial opposition has emerged …

Impairments of action language have been documented in early stage Parkinson's disease
(EPD). The action-sentence compatibility effect (ACE) paradigm has revealed that EPD …