Our capacity to use tools and objects is often considered one of the hallmarks of the human
species. Many objects greatly extend our bodily capabilities to act in the physical world, such …

Converging neuroscientific evidence suggests the existence of close links between
language and sensorimotor cognition. Accordingly, during the comprehension of meaningful …

Humans are unique among all species in their ability to develop and enforce social norms,
but there is wide variation in the strength of social norms across human societies. Despite …

The past decade has seen a rapid growth of cognitive and brain research focused on visual
narratives like comics and picture stories. This paper will summarize and integrate this …

This study examined the develo** object knowledge of infants through their visual
anticipation of action targets during action observation. Infants (6, 8, 12, 14, and 16 months) …

The mirror mechanism allows the direct translation of a perceived (seen, felt, heard) action
into the same motor representation of its related goal. This mechanism allows a direct …

Previous cross-cultural research in the field of consumer behavior has focused almost
exclusively on cultural values. In this article, we expand on this tradition by integrating …

Inference has long been emphasized in the comprehension of verbal and visual narratives.
Here, we measured event-related brain potentials to visual sequences designed to elicit …

Studies of discourse have long placed focus on the inference generated by information that
is not overtly expressed, and theories of visual narrative comprehension similarly focused on …

In this study, the relationship between gesture recognition and imitation was explored.
Nineteen individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were compared to a control …