title: Language-induced motor perturbations during the execution of a reaching movement.
abstract: In a recent study Boulenger et al. (2006) found that processing action verbs assisted reaching movement when the word was processed prior to movement onset and interfered with the movement when the word was processed at movement onset. The present study aimed to further corroborate the existence of such cross-talk between language processes and overt motor behaviour by demonstrating that the reaching movement can be disturbed by action words even when the words are presented delayed with respect to movement onset (50 ms and 200 ms). The results are compared to studies that show language-motor interaction in conditions where the word is presented prior to movement onset and are discussed within the context of embodied theories of language comprehension.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UMR 5230, L2C2 Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Bron Cedex, France. nazir@isc.cnrs.fr
authors.forename: Tatjana A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Nazir
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Boulenger
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Silber
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jeannerod
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Paulignan
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004215:Distance Perception; D007839:Functional Laterality; D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D009949:Orientation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011930:Reaction Time; D011932:Reading; D012660:Semantics; D012858:Size Perception