RT Journal Article
T1 Context, transparency and culture in motor resonance phenomena : causal evidence of the motor cortex
A1 Kurada, Hazel Zeynep
A1 Jiménez-Bravo Bonilla, Miguel
A1 Giacobbe, Chiara
A1 Obeso Martín, Ignacio
AB ABSTRACT: A connection between language and movement information in metaphorical and literal expressions activates the motor system. Despite numerous studies exploring distinctions between idioms and metaphors, a notable research gap remains in the specific effect of idioms with different transparency levels concerning motor resonance. Our primary focus was analysing the functional role of the primary motor cortex (M1) in processing hand motor verbs both in literal expressions and in two idiomatic contexts, i.e., opaque and transparent idioms. Additionally, we explored a potential language and cultural effect by comparing Turkish and Spanish speakers. An overt priming task with self-paced reading was used to judge the relatedness of a primer and a target sentence. We implemented a repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) protocol using continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) compared to sham stimulation over the M1 in both Turkish and Spanish native speakers prior to the experimental task. Our findings reveal that the performance of Turkish and Spanish participants in processing hand motor actions was facilitated after the application of cTBS over the left M1. Moreover, brain stimulation specifically facilitated the processing of only transparentdbut not opaquedidioms in both Spanish and Turkish participants. Our study reports distinct motor resonance results between different types of idioms with a parallel cross-cultural effect.
PB Elsevier
SN 0010-9452
YR 2024
FD 2024-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115836
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115836
LA eng
NO Kurada, Hazel Z., et al. «Context, Transparency and Culture in Motor Resonance Phenomena: Causal Evidence of the Motor Cortex». Cortex, vol. 179, octubre de 2024, pp. 25-34. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2024.07.002.
NO FUNDING: This study is funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (Tübitak), 2219-International Post-doctoral Research Fellowship Program (Project ID: 1059B192200694).
NO Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu
DS Docta Complutense
RD 23 abr 2025