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ReviewFrontiers in psychology2025

Dynamics of language grounding: on the time course, durability, adaptability, and vulnerability of embodied effects.

Boris Kogan, Agustina Birba, Mariano Díaz Rivera, Catalina González Santibáñez, Adolfo M García

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Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Boris KoganCognitive Neuroscience Center, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Agustina BirbaCognitive Neuroscience Center, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mariano Díaz RiveraCognitive Neuroscience Center, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Catalina González SantibáñezDepartamento de Lingüística y Literatura, Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Adolfo M GarcíaDepartamento de Lingüística y Literatura, Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

From an embodiment stance, semantic processes reactivate specialized brain networks supporting daily experiences. While this general claim has been amply supported, key questions remain unanswered regarding the time course, durability, adaptability, and vulnerability of the underlying mechanisms. This work reviews the main findings on these topics, based on behavioral, neuropsychological, neuroanatomical, hemodynamic, magnetoencephalographic, electroencephalographic, and intracranial methods. The evidence suggests that language-induced sensorimotor reactivations are (a) primary and extended during the temporal flow of meaning, (b) enduring as an anchor for verbal learning throughout life, (c) responsive to individual experiences, and (d) selectively vulnerable to diverse brain alterations. Such conclusions have theoretical, educational, and clinical implications, affording constraints for neurolinguistic models, innovations in language teaching, and early markers of brain disorders. These insights deepen our understanding of the neurocognitive phenomena shaping daily language use.

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embodied cognitionindividual differencesneurodegenerative disorderstemporal dynamicsword learning

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PMID40994851
PMCPMC12454397

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