Regarding this article, did the researchers image the brains of disabled people who know the meaning of a verb but can’t perform the action, or of people without any disabilities who know the meaning of a verb such as “scull” but have never performed the action? It seems that without the above-mentioned types of tests, the researchers’ conclusion is a little shaky.
Michael Ellison Clayton, N.C.
The researchers acknowledge that such studies should be conducted
.—B. Bower
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