From an embodied cognition perspective, semantic processing is assumed to involve sensorimotor representations. The present study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate whether comprehension of action intensity described in sentences is associated with neural representations shared with action execution, particularly those related to grip force. In the execution task,...
Abstract The sense of agency is defined as the subjective experience that “I” am the one who is causing the action. Theoretical studies postulate that this subjective experience is developed through multistep processes extending from the sensorimotor to the cognitive level. However, it remains unclear how the brain processes such different levels of information and constitutes the neural...