In five experiments participants were presented with pairs of nouns and verbs. They were asked to decide whether the combinations made sense or not. Half of the participants responded “yes” with the dominant hand, half with the left hand. When pairs referred to manual and mouth actions, participants responded faster with the dominant than with the left hand with sensible sentences. When pairs referred to manual and foot actions the result was opposite. Results suggest that language processing activates an action simulation that is sensitive both to the effector involved and to the goal expressed by the sentence.

Borghi A.M., Scorolli C. (2009). Language comprehension and hand motion simulation. HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE, 28, 12-27 [10.1016/j.humov.2008.07.002].

Language comprehension and hand motion simulation.

BORGHI, ANNA MARIA;SCOROLLI, CLAUDIA
2009

Abstract

In five experiments participants were presented with pairs of nouns and verbs. They were asked to decide whether the combinations made sense or not. Half of the participants responded “yes” with the dominant hand, half with the left hand. When pairs referred to manual and mouth actions, participants responded faster with the dominant than with the left hand with sensible sentences. When pairs referred to manual and foot actions the result was opposite. Results suggest that language processing activates an action simulation that is sensitive both to the effector involved and to the goal expressed by the sentence.
2009
Borghi A.M., Scorolli C. (2009). Language comprehension and hand motion simulation. HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE, 28, 12-27 [10.1016/j.humov.2008.07.002].
Borghi A.M.; Scorolli C.
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