Effects of intentional motor actions on embodied language processing

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 260-266

  Rueschemeyer, Shirley Ann ^a   Lindemann, Oliver ^a   Rooij, Daan Van ^a   Dam, Wessel Van ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action; Embodiment; Motor resonance; Semantics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77954133530     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000031     Document Type: Article

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