Is the motor system necessary for processing action and abstract emotion words? Evidence from focal brain lesions

Is the motor system necessary for processing action and abstract emotion words? Evidence from focal brain lesions

Neuroimaging and neuropsychological experiments suggest that modality-preferential cortices, including motor- and somatosensory areas contribute to the semantic processing of action related concrete words. In contrast, a possible role of modality-preferential – including sensorimotor – areas in proc...

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Main Authors: Felix R. Dreyer, Dietmar eFrey, Sophie eArana, Sarah evon Saldern, Thomas ePicht, Peter eVajkoczy, Friedemann ePulvermüller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Embodied Cognition
neurolinguistics
Semantic Processing
lesion studies
Category specific impairments
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01661/full

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