RESEARCH ARTICLE
Simulating Motion in Figurative Language Comprehension
Niharika Singh, Ramesh Kumar Mishra*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2010Volume: 4
First Page: 46
Last Page: 52
Publisher ID: TONIJ-4-46
DOI: 10.2174/1874440001004010046
PMID: 21379399
PMCID: PMC3048349
Article History:
Received Date: 9/6/2009Revision Received Date: 22/6/2009
Acceptance Date: 2/7/2009
Electronic publication date: 8/7/2010
Collection year: 2010

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Abstract
In this visual world eye tracking study we explored simulation of fictive motion during language comprehension in figurative sentences in Hindi. Eye movement measures suggest that language comprehenders gaze longer at visual scenes on hearing fictive motion sentences compared to their literal counterparts. The results support previous findings in English and provide cross linguistic evidence for the simulation and embodied views of language processing. We discuss the findings in the light of neuroimaging models and language vision interaction.