Grasping the semantic of actions: a combined behavioral and MEG study.

ABSTRACT: There is experimental evidence that the brain systems involved in action execution also play a role in action observation and understanding. Recently, it has been suggested that the sensorimotor system is also involved in language processing. Supporting results are slower response times and weaker motor-related MEG Beta band power suppression in semantic decision tasks on single action verbs labels when the stimulus and the motor response involve the same effector. Attenuated power suppression indicates decreased cortical excitability and consequent decreased readiness to act. The embodied approach forwards that the simultaneous involvement of the sensorimotor system in the processing of the linguistic content and in the planning of the response determines this language-motor interference

SUBMITTER: Visani E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9792482 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature