The beneficial effect of a speaker’s gestures on the listener’s memory for action phrases: The pivotal role of the listener’s premotor cortex

•Memory for action sentences improves during observation of congruent gestures.•The listener’s motor system plays a crucial in this enactment effect.•The results reveal a pivotal role of the listener’s premotor cortex. Memory for action phrases improves in the listeners when the speaker accompanies...

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