We review the discovery, characterization, and evolving use of the N400, an event-related
brain potential response linked to meaning processing. We describe the elicitation of N400s …

In the past 30 years there has been a growing body of research using different methods
(behavioural, electrophysiological, neuropsychological, TMS and imaging studies) asking …

Although much is known about the representation and processing of concrete concepts,
knowledge of what abstract semantics might be is severely limited. In this article we first …

In the domain of written sentence comprehension, the computation of agreement
dependencies is generally considered as a form-driven processing routine whose domain is …

Single words and sentences referring to bodily actions activate the motor cortex. However,
this semantic grounding of concrete language does not address the critical question whether …

We describe a functional architecture for word recognition that focuses on how orthographic
and phonological information cooperates in initial form‐based processing of printed word …

Relative to abstract words, concrete words typically elicit faster response times and larger
N400 and N700 event-related potential (ERP) brain responses. These effects have been …

Current theories of language comprehension posit that readers and listeners routinely try to
predict the meaning but also the visual or sound form of upcoming words. Whereas most …

How long does it take the human mind to grasp the idea when hearing or reading a
sentence? Neurophysiological methods looking directly at the time course of brain activity …

Abstract “Embodied” proposals claim that the meaning of at least some words, concepts and
constructions is grounded in knowledge about actions and objects. An alternative …