The effects of rTMS on primary motor cortex: the link between action and language (preliminary results) Claudia Repetto Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy EMBODIED LANGUAGE New College Oxford 26-28 September 2011
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The effects of rTMS on primary motor
cortex: the link between
action and language(preliminary results)
Claudia RepettoDepartment of Psychology,
Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy
EMBODIED LANGUAGE New College Oxford
26-28 September 2011
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EMBODIED COGNITIONEMBODIED COGNITION
EMBODIED SEMANTICSEMBODIED SEMANTICS
Experimental dataVerbs indicating actions performed with different body parts activate the portions of the premotor cortex involved in the
real action
Experimental dataVerbs indicating actions performed with different body parts activate the portions of the premotor cortex involved in the
real action
(Hauk, Johnsrude, & Pulvermüller, 2004)
Experimental dataVerbs indicating actions performed with different body parts activate the portions of the premotor cortex involved in the
real action
(Hauk, Johnsrude, & Pulvermüller, 2004) (Tettamanti et al., 2005)
Experimental dataSeveral studies indicate that even the primary motor
cortex (M1) is involved in language processing, but results are sometimes contrasting
VS
Tools: Tasks:
Birra…Firra...
Buffo…Biffo
Birra…Firra...
Buffo…Biffo
birra
biffobuffo
firra
(Fadiga et al., 2002)
o Increase of MEP recorded from the listeners' tongue muscles when the presented words strongly involve, when pronounced, tongue movements
o The processing of verbs indicating actions performed with different body parts modulate the activity of the portions of the primary motor cortex (M1) involved in the real action
(Buccino et al., 2005)
he played the piano
he jumped the rope
he loved his wife
o The comprehension of effector specific action word meanings did not elicit preferential activity corresponding to the somatotopic organisation of effectors in either primary or premotor cortex
(Postle et al., 2008)
But on the other hand…..
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GOALS OF THE EXPERIMENT
METHOD
10 students, 5 males and 5 females (age: 21-46; mean: 28.7; st. dev.: 9.57 education:16-20; mean: 16.7; st. dev.:1.25)