Language Comprehension in the Balance: The Robustness of the Action-Compatibility Effect (ACE)

How does language comprehension interact with motor activity? We investigated the conditions under which comprehending an action sentence affects people's balance. We performed two experiments to assess whether sentences describing forward or backward movement modulate the lateral movements mad...

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Published in:PloS one 2012-02, Vol.7 (2), p.e31204
Main Authors: Zwaan, Rolf A., van der Stoep, Nathan, Guadalupe, Tulio, Bouwmeester, Samantha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Biology
Cognition & reasoning
Compatibility
Comprehension - physiology
Female
Humans
Hypotheses
Judgments
Language
Linguistics
Listening comprehension
Male
Medicine
Models, Biological
Motor activity
Natural language processing
Photic Stimulation
Posture - physiology
Reaction Time - physiology
Sentences
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Syntax
Trajectory analysis
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