Exploring the impact of sentential negation on inhibitory motor networks
Insights from paired-pulse TMS
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7148337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francesca Vitale (0000-0002-3050-9452, Universidad de La Laguna, corresponding author), Ana Hernández-Sauret (0000-0003-4738-8308, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), Alessio Avenanti (0000-0003-1139-9996, Azienda-Unita' Sanitaria Locale Di Cesena), Manuel De Vega (0000-0002-9596-1642, Universidad de La Laguna) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 262 |
| Pages | 105536 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Brain and Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-934X • E-ISSN: 1090-2155 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105536 |
| PMID | 39826233 |
| OpenAlex | W4406447565 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 60 |
The embodied approach to language meaning suggests that negation with action verbs decreases activation of the negated concept, reflected in reduced motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). This study aims to explore how action negation influences inhibitory and facilitatory mechanisms within the primary motor cortex (M1) using paired-pulse TMS (ppTMS). We evaluated corticospinal excitability (CSE), short intracortical inhibition (SICI), indexing GABAA activity, and intracortical facilitation (ICF), related to glutamatergic activity. Participants read action and attentional sentences, presented in affirmative and negative form, with TMS pulses administered over the left M1 at 250 ms from verb onset. Results show negated action sentences differently modulate CSE and SICI compared to affirmative ones, indicating GABAA activity of negation. No differences emerged for attentional sentences, nor for ICF stimulation. This study confirms the suppressive impact of action negation on CSE and highlights inhibitory networks' role in action negation processing within M1
Cognitive psychology · Inhibitory postsynaptic potential · Linguistics · Negation · Action Observation and Synchronization · Motor Control and Adaptation · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Neuroscience · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |