Are abstract action words embodied? An fMRI investigation at the interface between language and motor cognition
The cognitive and neural representation of abstract words is still an open question for theories of embodied cognition. Generally, it is proposed that abstract words are grounded in the activation of sensorimotor or at least experiential properties, exactly as concrete words. Further behavioral theo...
Main Authors: | Katrin eSakreida, Claudia eScorolli, Mareike M. Menz, Stefan eHeim, Anna M. Borghi, Ferdinand eBinkofski |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00125/full |
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