Action-sentence compatibility: The role of action effects and timing

Research on embodied approaches to language comprehension suggests that we understand linguistic descriptions of actions by mentally simulating these actions. Evidence is provided by the action-sentence compatibility effect (ACE) which shows that sensibility judgments for sentences are faster when t...

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Main Authors: Christiane eDiefenbach, Martina eRieger, Cristina eMassen, Wolfgang ePrinz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00272/full