Coming of age: A review of embodiment and the neuroscience of semantics

@article{Meteyard2012ComingOA,
  title={Coming of age: A review of embodiment and the neuroscience of semantics},
  author={Lotte Meteyard and Sara Rodriguez Cuadrado and Bahador Bahrami and Gabriella Vigliocco},
  journal={Cortex},
  year={2012},
  volume={48},
  pages={788-804}
}
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