Grasping hand verbs: oscillatory beta and alpha correlates of action-word processing.

The grounded cognition framework proposes that sensorimotor brain areas, which are typically involved in perception and action, also play a role in linguistic processing. We assessed oscillatory modulation during visual presentation of single verbs and localized cortical motor regions by means of is...

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Main Authors: Valentina Niccolai, Anne Klepp, Hannah Weissler, Nienke Hoogenboom, Alfons Schnitzler, Katja Biermann-Ruben
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4172661?pdf=render