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Listening to Action-related Sentences Activates Fronto-parietal Motor Circuits
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The results showed that listening to action-related sentences activates a left fronto-parieto-temporal network that includes the pars opercularis of the inferior frontal gyrus (Broca's area), as well as the inferior parietal lobule, the intraparietal sulcus, and the posterior middle temporal gyrus.Citations
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Where Is the Semantic System? A Critical Review and Meta-Analysis of 120 Functional Neuroimaging Studies
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The Brain's concepts: the role of the Sensory-motor system in conceptual knowledge
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Brain mechanisms linking language and action.
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The mirror neuron system and the consequences of its dysfunction
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