Extending Gesture’s Impact on Word Learning to Reading: A Self-Paced Reading Study

Editorial: Language embodiment: Principles, processes, and theories for learning and teaching practices in typical and atypical readers

“…In summary, the articles in this Research Topic reveal the inextricable relationship between language processing and embodied experience from several perspectives using cutting- edge behavioral and neuroscience methods. Importantly, they demonstrate how the embodied grounding of language can be leveraged to enhance learning in typically and atypically developing individuals, complementing other recent efforts in this regard (Boieblan, 2022 ; Hughes-Berheim et al, 2022 ; Morett et al, 2022 ). In doing so, they contribute to the growing literature providing insight into the myriad ways in which language processing is embodied and in which the mechanisms of its embodiment can be leveraged to enhance learning in individuals with diverse lived experiences.…”