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

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Diefenbach, Christiane ^a,b   Rieger, Martina ^a,c   Massen, Cristina ^a,d   Prinz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT) Hall in Tyrol   (Australia)

^d LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action simulation; Action sentence compatibility; Embodiment; Language comprehension; Motor simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878929953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00272     Document Type: Article

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