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Effect of Action Verbs on the Performance of a Complex Movement
The interaction between language and motor action has been approached by studying the effect of action verbs, kinaesthetic imagery and mental subtraction upon the performance of a complex movement, the squat vertical jump (SVJ). The time of flight gave the value of the height of the SVJ and was meas...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23844233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068687 |
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author | Rabahi, Tahar Fargier, Patrick Rifai Sarraj, Ahmad Clouzeau, Cyril Massarelli, Raphael |
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description | The interaction between language and motor action has been approached by studying the effect of action verbs, kinaesthetic imagery and mental subtraction upon the performance of a complex movement, the squat vertical jump (SVJ). The time of flight gave the value of the height of the SVJ and was measured with an Optojump® and a Myotest® apparatuses. The results obtained by the effects of the cognitive stimuli showed a statistically significant improvement of the SVJ performance after either loudly or silently pronouncing, hearing or reading the verb saute (jump in French language). Action verbs specific for other motor actions (pince = pinch, lèche = lick) or non-specific (bouge = move) showed no or little effect. A meaningless verb for the French subjects (tiáo = jump in Chinese) showed no effect as did rêve (dream), tombe (fall) and stop. The verb gagne (win) improved significantly the SVJ height, as did its antonym perds (lose) suggesting a possible influence of affects in the subjects’ performance. The effect of the specific action verb jump upon the heights of SVJ was similar to that obtained after kinaesthetic imagery and after mental subtraction of two digits numbers from three digits ones; possibly, in the latter, because of the intervention of language in calculus. It appears that the effects of the specific action verb jump did seem effective but not totally exclusive for the enhancement of the SVJ performance. The results imply an interaction among language and motor brain areas in the performance of a complex movement resulting in a clear specificity of the corresponding action verb. The effect upon performance may probably be influenced by the subjects’ intention, increased attention and emotion produced by cognitive stimuli among which action verbs. |
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spelling | pubmed-37009502013-07-10 Effect of Action Verbs on the Performance of a Complex Movement Rabahi, Tahar Fargier, Patrick Rifai Sarraj, Ahmad Clouzeau, Cyril Massarelli, Raphael PLoS One Research Article The interaction between language and motor action has been approached by studying the effect of action verbs, kinaesthetic imagery and mental subtraction upon the performance of a complex movement, the squat vertical jump (SVJ). The time of flight gave the value of the height of the SVJ and was measured with an Optojump® and a Myotest® apparatuses. The results obtained by the effects of the cognitive stimuli showed a statistically significant improvement of the SVJ performance after either loudly or silently pronouncing, hearing or reading the verb saute (jump in French language). Action verbs specific for other motor actions (pince = pinch, lèche = lick) or non-specific (bouge = move) showed no or little effect. A meaningless verb for the French subjects (tiáo = jump in Chinese) showed no effect as did rêve (dream), tombe (fall) and stop. The verb gagne (win) improved significantly the SVJ height, as did its antonym perds (lose) suggesting a possible influence of affects in the subjects’ performance. The effect of the specific action verb jump upon the heights of SVJ was similar to that obtained after kinaesthetic imagery and after mental subtraction of two digits numbers from three digits ones; possibly, in the latter, because of the intervention of language in calculus. It appears that the effects of the specific action verb jump did seem effective but not totally exclusive for the enhancement of the SVJ performance. The results imply an interaction among language and motor brain areas in the performance of a complex movement resulting in a clear specificity of the corresponding action verb. The effect upon performance may probably be influenced by the subjects’ intention, increased attention and emotion produced by cognitive stimuli among which action verbs. Public Library of Science 2013-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3700950/ /pubmed/23844233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068687 Text en © 2013 Rabahi et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Rabahi, Tahar Fargier, Patrick Rifai Sarraj, Ahmad Clouzeau, Cyril Massarelli, Raphael Effect of Action Verbs on the Performance of a Complex Movement |
title | Effect of Action Verbs on the Performance of a Complex Movement |
title_full | Effect of Action Verbs on the Performance of a Complex Movement |
title_fullStr | Effect of Action Verbs on the Performance of a Complex Movement |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Action Verbs on the Performance of a Complex Movement |
title_short | Effect of Action Verbs on the Performance of a Complex Movement |
title_sort | effect of action verbs on the performance of a complex movement |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23844233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068687 |
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