Recent findings in psychology, psycholinguistics, and neuroscience present a challenge to
current amodal theories by suggesting that cognitive states are not disembodied in …

To explain how abstract concepts are grounded in sensory‐motor experiences, several
theories have been proposed. I will discuss two of these proposals, Conceptual Metaphor …

It has previously been demonstrated that enactment (ie, performing representative gestures
during encoding) enhances memory for concrete words, in particular action words. Here, we …

Language and gesture are viewed as highly interdependent systems. Besides supporting
communication, gestures also have an impact on memory for verbal information compared …

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 …

There is increasing experimental evidence that processing action-related language results
in the automatic activation of associated regions of the motor and premotor cortex. However …

Drawing on research in narrative theory and literary aesthetics, text and discourse
processing, phenomenology and the experimental cognitive sciences, this paper outlines an …

Noun translation equivalents that share orthographic and semantic features, called
“cognates”, are generally recognized faster than translation equivalents without such …

Recent research has suggested that reading involves the mental simulation of events and
actions described in a text. It is possible however that previous findings did not tap into …

Abstract EEG mu rhythms (8–13 Hz) recorded at fronto-central electrodes are generally
considered as markers of motor cortical activity in humans, because they are modulated …