WK9 L1: Embodied Semantics

• What is an amodal view of meaning?

  Meaning is represented in abstract, symbolic forms

  
• How are word meanings grounded according to embodied semantics?

  In sensory and motor experiences
• Who conducted research on mirror neurons?

  Rizzolatti & Craighero
• What is the role of mirror neurons?

  Planning and executing actions

  
• What is the motor region in the brain responsible for?

  Planning and executing actions

  
• What did Hauk et al. (2004) study?

  Activation in the brain when reading action words
• What was the focus of Hauk et al.'s (2004) research?

  Word meaning grounded in sensorimotor experience
• What type of words did Hauk et al. (2004) use in their study?

  Leg-related, arm-related, and face-related words
• What does Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) assess?

  Brain activity during word processing

  
• What happens during the Dual-Task Paradigm in Shebani & Pulvermüller's study?

  Tasks compete for the same neural resources
• What were the conditions in Shebani & Pulvermüller's study?

  • Single words
  • Meaning in sentences
  • Yes, makes sense
  • No, makes no sense
• What did Glenberg & Kaschak (2002) investigate?

  Meaning in sentences and their coherence
• What is the significance of the "Boil the air" sentence in Glenberg & Kaschak's study?

  It makes no sense in context
• How do people activate information during language comprehension according to Zwaan et al. (2002)?

  They activate perceptual information
• What is a reservation for embodied semantics regarding abstract words?

  How do we understand concepts like "justice"?
• What do visual word benefits refer to?

  Automatic activation of sensorimotor experience
• What was the focus of Bottini et al. (2022) in their study?

  Visual word benefits in lexical decision tasks
• What was observed in both sighted and blind participants in Bottini et al.'s study?

  Same visual word benefit was observed
• What is the summary of the findings on sensorimotor experience?

  • Contributes to meaning representations
  • Motor areas process action words
  • Less is known about abstract words