Language sensorimotor specificity modulates the motor system

Cortex

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 849-856

  Marino, Barbara F M ^a   Gallese, Vittorio ^a,b   Buccino, Giovanni ^c   Riggio, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embodied language; Language understanding; Situated simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE SENSORIMOTOR SPECIFICITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIMULATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84861859275     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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