Negation in the brain: Modulating action representations

Tettamanti, Marco; Manenti, Rosa; Rosa, Pasquale Anthony Della; Falini, Andrea; Perani, Daniela; Cappa, Stefano F.; Moro, Andrea

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.08.004

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“…For example, language-induced activity in modality-specific brain structures varies with the linguistic and extralinguistic context (e.g., Willems & Casasanto, 2011). Hence, whereas the word Bto push^in a sentence such as BNow I push the button^triggers activity in the brain's motor structures, little evidence for such activity is obtained for the same action word when it is presented in a negative context (e.g., BNow I do not push the button^; e.g., Tettamanti et al, 2008; see also Aravena et al, 2012). Moody and Gennari (2010) also showed that the effort implied by a given action word modulates activity in premotor cortex.…”

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A simple technique to study embodied language processes: the grip force sensor

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Research in cognitive neuroscience has shown that brain structures serving perceptual, emotional, and motor processes are also recruited during the understanding of language when it refers to emotion, perception, and action. However, the exact linguistic and extralinguistic conditions under which such language-induced activity in modality-specific cortex is triggered are not yet well understood. The purpose of this study is to introduce a simple experimental technique that allows for the online measure of language-induced activity in motor structures of the brain. This technique consists in the use of a grip force sensor that captures subtle grip force variations while participants listen to words and sentences. Since grip force reflects activity in motor brain structures, the continuous monitoring of force fluctuations provides a fine-grained estimation of motor activity across time. In other terms, this method allows for both localization of the source of language-induced activity to motor brain structures and high temporal resolution of the recorded data. To facilitate comparison of the data to be collected with this tool, we present two experiments that describe in detail the technical setup, the nature of the recorded data, and the analyses (including justification about the data filtering and artifact rejection) that we applied. We also discuss how the tool could be used in other domains of behavioral research.

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A simple technique to study embodied language processes: the grip force sensor

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“…As is the case for speech perception, several studies have shown that motor/premotor cortex responses during action language processing are context-sensitive (e.g. (Alemanno et al, 2012;Schuil, Smits, & Zwaan, 2013;Tettamanti et al, 2008;Tomasino, Weiss, & Fink, 2010). Thus, the two fields of research shared some similar issues with interpretation of the evidence.…”

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Links between perception and production: examining the roles of motor and premotor cortices in understanding speech.

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“…How could recursive constituent structure be traced back to extralinguistic capacities? Rather, constituent structure, as well as other case studies, such as negation for example (15), offers a unique opportunity in favor of the hypothesis that the core aspects of language structure cannot be derived from (our reactions to the) structures of the external word either directly or indirectly as emancipation of other capacities.…”

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