Action-verb processing in Parkinson's disease: new pathways for motor–language coupling

JF Cardona, O Gershanik, C Gelormini-Lezama… - Brain Structure and …, 2013 - Springer
Recent studies suggest that action-verb processing is particularly affected in early stage
Parkinson's disease (PD), highlighting the potential role of subcortical areas in language …

Motor-language coupling: direct evidence from early Parkinson's disease and intracranial cortical recordings

A Ibáñez, JF Cardona, YV Dos Santos, A Blenkmann… - cortex, 2013 - Elsevier
Language and action systems are functionally coupled in the brain as demonstrated by
converging evidence using Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …

Applauding with closed hands: neural signature of action-sentence compatibility effects

P Aravena, E Hurtado, R Riveros, JF Cardona… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Behavioral studies have provided evidence for an action–sentence
compatibility effect (ACE) that suggests a coupling of motor mechanisms and action …

[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
Embodied theories of cognition consider many aspects of language and other cognitive
domains as the result of sensory and motor processes. In this view, the appraisal and the …

Effect size matters: The role of language statistics and perceptual simulation in conceptual processing

MM Louwerse, S Hutchinson, R Tillman… - Language, Cognition …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The cognitive science literature increasingly demonstrates that perceptual representations
are activated during conceptual processing. Such findings suggest that the debate on …

Impaired comprehension of speed verbs in Parkinson's disease

LJ Speed, WO van Dam, P Hirath… - Journal of the …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Objectives: A wealth of studies provide evidence for action simulation during language
comprehension. Recent research suggests such action simulations might be sensitive to fine …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the effect of VR-enhanced teaching aids in STEAM education: An embodied cognition perspective

Z Zhan, X Zhong, Z Lin, R Tan - Computers & Education: X Reality, 2024 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Physical Teaching Aids (PTAs) and
VR-Enhanced Teaching Aids (VETAs) on students' learning performance, attitudes, and …

Space-valence mapping of social concepts: Do we arrange negative and positive ethnic stereotypes from left to right?

K Kühne, K Nenaschew, A Miklashevsky - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The body-specificity hypothesis states that in right-handers, positive concepts
should be associated with the right side and negative concepts with the left side of the body …

[PDF][PDF] How symbolic and embodied representations work in concert

S Hutchinson - 2015 - research.tilburguniversity.edu
Think about the first time you read Peter Pan as a child. The words probably came to life as
you imagined Peter and his friends flying past a huge wooden pirate ship, and you could …

[PDF][PDF] Examining the Embodiment of Language.

K O'Donnell - 2023 - mural.maynoothuniversity.ie
Traditional language models proposed that processing words relies upon symbolic mental
representations, as language and physical reality are separate phenomena (see Bedny & …