Embodiment of sleep-related words: Evidence from event-related potentials.

ABSTRACT: Our thoughts can influence sleep, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. According to the theory of "embodied cognition," the semantic content of cognitive processes is represented by multimodal networks in the brain, which include body-related functions. Such multimodal representations could offer a mechanism, which explains mutual influences between cognition and sleep. Here we tested whether sleep-related words are represented in multimodal networks by examining the effect of congruent versus incongruent body positions on word processing during wakefulness. We experimentally manipulated the body position of 66 subjects (19-40 years old) between standing upright and lying down. Sleep- and activity-related words were presented around the individual speech recognition threshold. Our re

SUBMITTER: Hulsemann MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365768 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature