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How vertical hand movements impact brain activity elicited by literally and metaphorically related words: an ERP study of embodied metaphor

Embodied metaphor theory suggests abstract concepts are metaphorically linked to more experientially basic ones and recruit sensorimotor cortex for their comprehension. To test whether words associated with spatial attributes reactivate traces in sensorimotor cortex, we recorded EEG from the scalp o...

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Autores principales: Bardolph, Megan, Coulson, Seana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4274969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25566041
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.01031