ArticleJournal of psycholinguistic research2019
Embodiment Effect on the Comprehension of Mandarin Manual Action Language: An ERP Study.
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- Embodied Effects in Verb Processing and Learning: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Embodied Effect in the Comprehension of Chinese Action-Verb Metaphors.Journal of psycholinguistic research · 2024Article
- Schematic Embodiment of Perseverance in Persian.Journal of psycholinguistic research · 2024Article
- Flexible and fine-grained simulation of speed in language processing.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The Neural Blending of Words and Movement: Event-Related Potential Signatures of Semantic and Action Processes during Motor-Language Coupling.Journal of cognitive neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
Embodiment theories argue that language comprehension involves activating specific sensory-motor systems in the brain. Previous research performed in English and other Indo-European languages suggests that, when compared to compatible sentences referring to the same actions performed sequentially (e.g. 'After cleaning the wound he unrolled the bandage'), incompatible sentences describing two manual actions performed simultaneously by an agent (e.g. 'While cleaning the wound he unrolled the bandage') were worse understood and increased the event-related potentials (ERPs) component N400. The present ERP research aims to further investigate brain response to motor compatibility in native Mandarin speakers. The Chinese experimental sentences described two manual actions either in incongruent conditions marked by the Chinese parallel structure … … ('yibian…yibian…'/'while… while…') or congruent conditions marked by the sequential structure … … ('xian…ranhou…'/'firstly… then…'). The last action clause elicited larger fronto-central N400 in the incongruent condition, which reveals that there are semantic embodiment effects on the comprehension of Mandarin manual action language.
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