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Does what you hear predict what you will do and say?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2013

Mariella Pazzaglia
Mariella Pazzaglia*
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Dipartimento di Psicologia Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00179 Rome, Italy. mariella.pazzaglia@uniroma1.it http://mariellapazzaglia.com/ http://dippsy.psi.uniroma1.it/users/pazzaglia-mariella
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Abstract

I evaluate the bottlenecks involved in the simulation mechanism underpinning superior predictive abilities for upcoming actions. This perceptual-motor state is characterized by a complex interrelationship designed to make predictions using a highly fine-tuned and constrained motor operation. The extension of such mechanisms to language may occur only in sensorimotor circuits devoted to the action domain.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 370 - 371
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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