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

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 …

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

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

Embodiment theory proposes that neural systems for perception and action are also
engaged during language comprehension. Previous neuroimaging and neurophysiological …

Evocation of motor representations during sentence comprehension was examined by
training subjects to make a hand action in response to a visual cue while listening to a …

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 …

Recently developed accounts of language comprehension propose that sentences are
understood by constructing a perceptual simulation of the events being described. These …

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 …

The purpose of the paper is to study whether sentence comprehension modulates the motor
system. Participants were presented with 24 pairs of nouns and verbs that could be referred …