Reading Stories Activates Neural Representations of Visual and Motor Experiences.

A study used functional neuroimaging to examine how reading stories activates neural representations of visual and motor experiences. Functional neuroimaging revealed how different brain regions track different aspects of a story, such as the physical location of a character or existing goals. Som...

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Published in:	Psychological Science. Vol. 20; no. 8; pp. 989 - 1000
Main Authors:	Speer, Nicole K., Reynolds, Jeremy R., Swallow, Khena M., Zacks, Jeffrey M.
Format:	Article
Published:	HWW Temp August 2009
Subjects:	Neuropsychology Brain function localization Short story (Literary form) Reading Psychology
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost