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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Published in:	Brain and Language Vol. 180-182; pp. 8 - 13
Main Authors:	Ianì, Francesco, Burin, Dalila, Salatino, Adriana, Pia, Lorenzo, Ricci, Raffaella, Bucciarelli, Monica
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.05.2018 Elsevier BV Academic Press
Subjects:	Action Adult Auditory Perception Auditory Perception - physiology Behavior Brain Cortex Enactment Enactment, Gesture observation, Memory for actions, Motor system, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Language and Linguistics, Linguistics and Language, Cognitive Neuroscience Female Gesture observation Gestures Hands Humans Listeners Listening Male Memory Memory - physiology Memory for actions Motor Cortex Motor Cortex - physiology Motor system Photic Stimulation Photic Stimulation - methods Phrases Random Allocation Recall Regions Speech Speech - physiology Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - methods Young Adult Enactment Gesture observation Memory for actions Motor system
ISSN:	0093-934X, 1090-2155, 1090-2155
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