abstractThe present study explores whether embodied meaning is activated in comprehension of action-related Mandarin counterfactual sentences. Participants listened to action-related Mandarin factual or counterfactual sentences describing transfer events (actions towards or away from the participant), and then performed verb-compatible or -incompatible motor action after a transfer verb (action towards or away from the participant) onset. The results demonstrated that motor simulation, specifically the interfering action-sentence compatibility effect (ACE), was obtained in both factual and counterfactual sentences. Additionally, the temporal course of motor resonance was slightly different between factual and counterfactual sentences. We concluded that embodied meaning was activated in action-related Chinese counterfactual sentences. The results supported a neural network model of Chersi, Thill, Ziemke, and Borghi (2010), proposed within the embodiment approach, which explains the interaction between processing action-related sentences and motor performance. Moreover, we speculated that the neural network model of Chersi et al. was also applicable to action-related Mandarin counterfactual comprehension.

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ACE对理解动作相关汉语反事实句中的体现意义的干扰

摘要本研究探讨了在理解与动作相关的普通话反事实句子时，体现意义是否被激活。参与者聆听描述转移事件（朝向或远离参与者的动作）的与动作相关的普通话事实或反事实句子，然后在转移动词（朝向或远离参与者的动作）开始后执行动词相容或不相容的运动动作。结果表明，在事实和反事实句子中都获得了运动模拟，特别是干扰动作-句子相容效应 (ACE)。此外，运动共振的时间过程在事实句子和反事实句子之间略有不同。我们得出结论，在与动作相关的中文反事实句子中，体现意义被激活。结果支持了 Chersi、Thill、Ziemke 和 Borghi (2010) 的神经网络模型，该模型是在实施方法中提出的，它解释了处理与动作相关的句子和运动表现之间的相互作用。此外，我们推测 Chersi 等人的神经网络模型。也适用于与动作相关的普通话反事实理解。