Manual actions are a hallmark of humanness. Their underlying neural circuitry gives rise to
species-specific skills and interacts with language processes. In particular, multiple studies …

The role of the sensorimotor system in second language (L2) semantic processing as well
as its clinical implications for bilingual patients has hitherto been neglected. We offer an …

Converging evidence suggests that understanding our first-language (L1) results in
reactivation of experiential sensorimotor traces in the brain. Surprisingly, little is known …

The article focuses on the human body as source domain in conceptualization of things and
abstract notions in various target domains. Cross-linguistic data of European and non …

The involvement of neural motor and sensory systems in the processing of language has so
far mainly been studied in native (L1) speakers. In an fMRI experiment, we investigated …

Theories of embodied cognition postulate that language processing activates similar
sensory-motor structures as when interacting with the environment. Only little is known about …

Objective The integration of sensory, motor, and cognitive systems is embodied cognition,
according to which mind and body are not separate and distinct, and our body (and our …

Socio-cognitive research on bilinguals points to a moral foreign-language effect (MFLE),
with more utilitarian choices (eg, sacrificing someone to save more people) for moral …

Do embodied semantic systems play different roles depending on when and how well a
given language was learned? Emergent evidence suggests that this is the case for isolated …

Barsalou (1999) proposes that conceptual knowledge is represented by mental simulations
containing perceptual information derived from actual experiences. Although a substantial …