How meaning unfolds in neural time: Embodied reactivations can precede multimodal semantic effects during language processing

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García, Adolfo Martín; Moguilner, Sebastian Gabriel; Torquati, Kathya; García Marco, Enrique; Herrera, Eduar; Muñoz, Edison; Castillo, Eduardo; Kleineschay, Tara; Sedeño, Lucas; Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
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2019
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Research on how the brain construes meaning during language use has prompted two conflicting accounts. According to the ‘grounded view’, word understanding involves quick reactivations of sensorimotor (embodied)experiences evoked by the stimuli, with simultaneous or later engagement of multimodal (conceptual)systems integrating information from various sensory streams. Contrariwise, for the ‘symbolic view’, this capacity depends crucially on multimodal operations, with embodied systems playing epiphenomenal roles after comprehension. To test these contradictory hypotheses, the present magnetoencephalography study assessed implicit semantic access to grammatically constrained action and non-action verbs (n = 100 per category)while measuring spatiotemporally precise signals from the primary motor cortex (M1, a core region subserving bodily movements)and the anterior temporal lobe (ATL, a putative multimodal semantic hub). Convergent evidence from sensor- and source-level analyses revealed that increased modulations for action verbs occurred earlier in M1 (∼130–190 ms)than in specific ATL hubs (∼250–410 ms). Moreover, machine-learning decoding showed that trial-by-trial classification peaks emerged faster in M1 (∼100–175 ms)than in the ATL (∼345–500 ms), with over 71% accuracy in both cases. Considering their latencies, these results challenge the ‘symbolic view’ and its implication that sensorimotor mechanisms play only secondary roles in semantic processing. Instead, our findings support the ‘grounded view’, showing that early semantic effects are critically driven by embodied reactivations and that these cannot be reduced to post-comprehension epiphenomena, even when words are individually classified. Briefly, our study offers non-trivial insights to constrain fine-grained models of language and understand how meaning unfolds in neural time.
Fil: García, Adolfo Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Educación Elemental y Especial; Argentina
Fil: Moguilner, Sebastian Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro. Archivo Histórico del Centro Atómico Bariloche e Instituto Balseiro | Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Balseiro. Archivo Histórico del Centro Atómico Bariloche e Instituto Balseiro; Argentina
Fil: Torquati, Kathya. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencias Cognitivas y Traslacional; Argentina
Fil: García Marco, Enrique. Universidad de La Laguna; España. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia; España
Fil: Herrera, Eduar. Universidad Icesi; Colombia
Fil: Muñoz, Edison. Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Chile
Fil: Castillo, Eduardo. Florida Hospital for Children; Estados Unidos
Fil: Kleineschay, Tara. Florida Hospital for Children; Estados Unidos
Fil: Sedeño, Lucas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencias Cognitivas y Traslacional; Argentina
Fil: Ibañez, Agustin Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencias Cognitivas y Traslacional; Argentina. Universidad Adolfo Ibañez; Chile. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe; Colombia
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ACTION VERBS
EMBODIED COGNITION
MACHINE LEARNING
MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY
MULTIMODAL SEMANTICS
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spelling How meaning unfolds in neural time: Embodied reactivations can precede multimodal semantic effects during language processingGarcía, Adolfo MartínMoguilner, Sebastian GabrielTorquati, KathyaGarcía Marco, EnriqueHerrera, EduarMuñoz, EdisonCastillo, EduardoKleineschay, TaraSedeño, LucasIbañez, Agustin MarianoACTION VERBSEMBODIED COGNITIONMACHINE LEARNINGMAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHYMULTIMODAL SEMANTICShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5Research on how the brain construes meaning during language use has prompted two conflicting accounts. According to the ‘grounded view’, word understanding involves quick reactivations of sensorimotor (embodied)experiences evoked by the stimuli, with simultaneous or later engagement of multimodal (conceptual)systems integrating information from various sensory streams. Contrariwise, for the ‘symbolic view’, this capacity depends crucially on multimodal operations, with embodied systems playing epiphenomenal roles after comprehension. To test these contradictory hypotheses, the present magnetoencephalography study assessed implicit semantic access to grammatically constrained action and non-action verbs (n = 100 per category)while measuring spatiotemporally precise signals from the primary motor cortex (M1, a core region subserving bodily movements)and the anterior temporal lobe (ATL, a putative multimodal semantic hub). Convergent evidence from sensor- and source-level analyses revealed that increased modulations for action verbs occurred earlier in M1 (∼130–190 ms)than in specific ATL hubs (∼250–410 ms). Moreover, machine-learning decoding showed that trial-by-trial classification peaks emerged faster in M1 (∼100–175 ms)than in the ATL (∼345–500 ms), with over 71% accuracy in both cases. Considering their latencies, these results challenge the ‘symbolic view’ and its implication that sensorimotor mechanisms play only secondary roles in semantic processing. Instead, our findings support the ‘grounded view’, showing that early semantic effects are critically driven by embodied reactivations and that these cannot be reduced to post-comprehension epiphenomena, even when words are individually classified. Briefly, our study offers non-trivial insights to constrain fine-grained models of language and understand how meaning unfolds in neural time.Fil: García, Adolfo Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Educación Elemental y Especial; ArgentinaFil: Moguilner, Sebastian Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro. Archivo Histórico del Centro Atómico Bariloche e Instituto Balseiro | Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Balseiro. Archivo Histórico del Centro Atómico Bariloche e Instituto Balseiro; ArgentinaFil: Torquati, Kathya. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencias Cognitivas y Traslacional; ArgentinaFil: García Marco, Enrique. Universidad de La Laguna; España. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia; EspañaFil: Herrera, Eduar. Universidad Icesi; ColombiaFil: Muñoz, Edison. Universidad de Santiago de Chile; ChileFil: Castillo, Eduardo. Florida Hospital for Children; Estados UnidosFil: Kleineschay, Tara. Florida Hospital for Children; Estados UnidosFil: Sedeño, Lucas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencias Cognitivas y Traslacional; ArgentinaFil: Ibañez, Agustin Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencias Cognitivas y Traslacional; Argentina. Universidad Adolfo Ibañez; Chile. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe; ColombiaAcademic Press Inc Elsevier Science2019-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/125223García, Adolfo Martín; Moguilner, Sebastian Gabriel; Torquati, Kathya; García Marco, Enrique; Herrera, Eduar; et al.; How meaning unfolds in neural time: Embodied reactivations can precede multimodal semantic effects during language processing; Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science; Journal Neuroimag; 197; 8-2019; 439-4491053-8119CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811919303854info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.05.002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:01:25Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/125223instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 10:01:25.671CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv How meaning unfolds in neural time: Embodied reactivations can precede multimodal semantic effects during language processing
title How meaning unfolds in neural time: Embodied reactivations can precede multimodal semantic effects during language processing
spellingShingle How meaning unfolds in neural time: Embodied reactivations can precede multimodal semantic effects during language processing
García, Adolfo Martín
ACTION VERBS
EMBODIED COGNITION
MACHINE LEARNING
MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY
MULTIMODAL SEMANTICS
title_short How meaning unfolds in neural time: Embodied reactivations can precede multimodal semantic effects during language processing
title_full How meaning unfolds in neural time: Embodied reactivations can precede multimodal semantic effects during language processing
title_fullStr How meaning unfolds in neural time: Embodied reactivations can precede multimodal semantic effects during language processing
title_full_unstemmed How meaning unfolds in neural time: Embodied reactivations can precede multimodal semantic effects during language processing
title_sort How meaning unfolds in neural time: Embodied reactivations can precede multimodal semantic effects during language processing
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García, Adolfo Martín
Moguilner, Sebastian Gabriel
Torquati, Kathya
García Marco, Enrique
Herrera, Eduar
Muñoz, Edison
Castillo, Eduardo
Kleineschay, Tara
Sedeño, Lucas
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
author García, Adolfo Martín
author_facet García, Adolfo Martín
Moguilner, Sebastian Gabriel
Torquati, Kathya
García Marco, Enrique
Herrera, Eduar
Muñoz, Edison
Castillo, Eduardo
Kleineschay, Tara
Sedeño, Lucas
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
author_role author
author2 Moguilner, Sebastian Gabriel
Torquati, Kathya
García Marco, Enrique
Herrera, Eduar
Muñoz, Edison
Castillo, Eduardo
Kleineschay, Tara
Sedeño, Lucas
Ibañez, Agustin Mariano
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ACTION VERBS
EMBODIED COGNITION
MACHINE LEARNING
MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY
MULTIMODAL SEMANTICS
topic ACTION VERBS
EMBODIED COGNITION
MACHINE LEARNING
MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY
MULTIMODAL SEMANTICS
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Research on how the brain construes meaning during language use has prompted two conflicting accounts. According to the ‘grounded view’, word understanding involves quick reactivations of sensorimotor (embodied)experiences evoked by the stimuli, with simultaneous or later engagement of multimodal (conceptual)systems integrating information from various sensory streams. Contrariwise, for the ‘symbolic view’, this capacity depends crucially on multimodal operations, with embodied systems playing epiphenomenal roles after comprehension. To test these contradictory hypotheses, the present magnetoencephalography study assessed implicit semantic access to grammatically constrained action and non-action verbs (n = 100 per category)while measuring spatiotemporally precise signals from the primary motor cortex (M1, a core region subserving bodily movements)and the anterior temporal lobe (ATL, a putative multimodal semantic hub). Convergent evidence from sensor- and source-level analyses revealed that increased modulations for action verbs occurred earlier in M1 (∼130–190 ms)than in specific ATL hubs (∼250–410 ms). Moreover, machine-learning decoding showed that trial-by-trial classification peaks emerged faster in M1 (∼100–175 ms)than in the ATL (∼345–500 ms), with over 71% accuracy in both cases. Considering their latencies, these results challenge the ‘symbolic view’ and its implication that sensorimotor mechanisms play only secondary roles in semantic processing. Instead, our findings support the ‘grounded view’, showing that early semantic effects are critically driven by embodied reactivations and that these cannot be reduced to post-comprehension epiphenomena, even when words are individually classified. Briefly, our study offers non-trivial insights to constrain fine-grained models of language and understand how meaning unfolds in neural time.
Fil: García, Adolfo Martín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Educación Elemental y Especial; Argentina
Fil: Moguilner, Sebastian Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Gerencia del Área de Energía Nuclear. Instituto Balseiro. Archivo Histórico del Centro Atómico Bariloche e Instituto Balseiro | Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Balseiro. Archivo Histórico del Centro Atómico Bariloche e Instituto Balseiro; Argentina
Fil: Torquati, Kathya. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencias Cognitivas y Traslacional; Argentina
Fil: García Marco, Enrique. Universidad de La Laguna; España. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia; España
Fil: Herrera, Eduar. Universidad Icesi; Colombia
Fil: Muñoz, Edison. Universidad de Santiago de Chile; Chile
Fil: Castillo, Eduardo. Florida Hospital for Children; Estados Unidos
Fil: Kleineschay, Tara. Florida Hospital for Children; Estados Unidos
Fil: Sedeño, Lucas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencias Cognitivas y Traslacional; Argentina
Fil: Ibañez, Agustin Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva. Fundación Favaloro. Instituto de Neurociencia Cognitiva; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Neurociencias Cognitivas y Traslacional; Argentina. Universidad Adolfo Ibañez; Chile. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe; Colombia
description Research on how the brain construes meaning during language use has prompted two conflicting accounts. According to the ‘grounded view’, word understanding involves quick reactivations of sensorimotor (embodied)experiences evoked by the stimuli, with simultaneous or later engagement of multimodal (conceptual)systems integrating information from various sensory streams. Contrariwise, for the ‘symbolic view’, this capacity depends crucially on multimodal operations, with embodied systems playing epiphenomenal roles after comprehension. To test these contradictory hypotheses, the present magnetoencephalography study assessed implicit semantic access to grammatically constrained action and non-action verbs (n = 100 per category)while measuring spatiotemporally precise signals from the primary motor cortex (M1, a core region subserving bodily movements)and the anterior temporal lobe (ATL, a putative multimodal semantic hub). Convergent evidence from sensor- and source-level analyses revealed that increased modulations for action verbs occurred earlier in M1 (∼130–190 ms)than in specific ATL hubs (∼250–410 ms). Moreover, machine-learning decoding showed that trial-by-trial classification peaks emerged faster in M1 (∼100–175 ms)than in the ATL (∼345–500 ms), with over 71% accuracy in both cases. Considering their latencies, these results challenge the ‘symbolic view’ and its implication that sensorimotor mechanisms play only secondary roles in semantic processing. Instead, our findings support the ‘grounded view’, showing that early semantic effects are critically driven by embodied reactivations and that these cannot be reduced to post-comprehension epiphenomena, even when words are individually classified. Briefly, our study offers non-trivial insights to constrain fine-grained models of language and understand how meaning unfolds in neural time.
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