APS

2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026

Does the Motor System Play a Causal Role In Action Language Comprehension? a TMS Multilab Registered Report

Barcelona, Spain · May 2026

Posters · Brains, Bodies & Behavior

Session: Poster Session VII

Authors

Abstract

In a multilab registered report, we will test whether primary motor cortex (M1) causally contributes to action language comprehension, as proposed by embodied cognition theories. Participants will complete a semantic categorization task on manual, non-manual and abstract verbs after receiving inhibitory transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to the hand M1.