Moving the hands and feet specifically impairs working memory for arm- and leg-related action words

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 222-231

  Shebani, Zubaida ^a   Pulvermüller, Friedemann ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action word; Cell assembly; Embodiment; Mirror neurons; Motor movement; Semantics; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84872155311     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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