It is an open question whether the motor system is involved during understanding of concrete nouns, as it is for concrete verbs. To clarify this issue, we carried out a behavioral experiment using a go-no go paradigm with an early and delayed go-signal delivery. Italian nouns refer- ring to concrete objects (hand-related or foot-related) and abstract entities served as stimuli. Right-handed partici- pants read the stimuli and responded when the presented word was concrete using the left or right hand. At the early go-signal, slower right-hand responses were found for hand-related nouns compared to foot-related nouns. The opposite pattern was found for the left hand. These findings demonstrate an early lateralized modulation of the motor system during noun processing, most likely crucial for noun comprehension.

How the motor system handles nouns: a behavioral study / Marino, Barbara; Patricia M., Gough; Gallese, Vittorio; Riggio, Lucia; Buccino, Giovanni. - In: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0340-0727. - 77:(2013), pp. 64-73. [10.1007/s00426-011-0371-2]

How the motor system handles nouns: a behavioral study

MARINO, BARBARA;GALLESE, Vittorio;RIGGIO, Lucia;BUCCINO, Giovanni
2013-01-01

Abstract

It is an open question whether the motor system is involved during understanding of concrete nouns, as it is for concrete verbs. To clarify this issue, we carried out a behavioral experiment using a go-no go paradigm with an early and delayed go-signal delivery. Italian nouns refer- ring to concrete objects (hand-related or foot-related) and abstract entities served as stimuli. Right-handed partici- pants read the stimuli and responded when the presented word was concrete using the left or right hand. At the early go-signal, slower right-hand responses were found for hand-related nouns compared to foot-related nouns. The opposite pattern was found for the left hand. These findings demonstrate an early lateralized modulation of the motor system during noun processing, most likely crucial for noun comprehension.
2013
How the motor system handles nouns: a behavioral study / Marino, Barbara; Patricia M., Gough; Gallese, Vittorio; Riggio, Lucia; Buccino, Giovanni. - In: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 0340-0727. - 77:(2013), pp. 64-73. [10.1007/s00426-011-0371-2]
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