LPRG aims to meet every Thursday at 11am in S38 to discuss recent and classic papers in cognitive basis of language processing, with special emphasis on dialogue.
"...recognition of actions and understanding of objects do not necessarily depend on the ability to produce object associated actions. This conclusion compels a reconsideration of the role played by motor planning and/or execution processes in action and object recognition and understanding."
LPRG previously discussed (latest three):
Gallese, V. (2007) Mirror neurons and the social nature of language: The neural exploitation hypothesis. Social Neurocience 1-17.
Zwaan, R.A., & Taylor, L.J. (2006) Seeing, acting, understanding: motor resonance in language comprehension. Journal of Experimental Psychology 135, 1-11.
Barsalou, L.W. (2008) Grounded cognition. Annual Review of Psychology 59.
You can also find a complete archive here