Context, transparency and culture in motor resonance phenomena: Causal evidence of the motor cortex.

A connection between language and movement information in metaphorical and literal expressions activates the motor system. Despite numerous studies exploring distinctions between idioms and metaphors, a notable research gap remains in the specific effect of idioms with different transparency levels concerning motor resonance. Our primary focus was analysing the functional role of the primary motor cortex (M1) in processing hand motor verbs both in literal expressions and in two idiomatic contexts, i.

Extending carbon chemistry at high-pressure by synthesis of CaC and CaC with deprotonated polyacene- and para-poly(indenoindene)-like nanoribbons.

Metal carbides are known to contain small carbon units similar to those found in the molecules of methane, acetylene, and allene. However, for numerous binary systems ab initio calculations predict the formation of unusual metal carbides with exotic polycarbon units, [C] rings, and graphitic carbon sheets at high pressure (HP). Here we report the synthesis and structural characterization of a HP-CaC polymorph and a CaC compound featuring deprotonated polyacene-like and para-poly(indenoindene)-like nanoribbons, respectively.

Multicationic Tetrahedra Networks: Alkaline-Earth-Centered Polyhedra and Non-Condensed AlN-Octahedra in the Imidonitridophosphates AEAlPN(NH) (AE=Ca, Sr, Ba).

A series of isostructural imidonitridophosphates AEAlPN(NH) (AE=Ca, Sr, Ba) was synthesized at high-pressure/high-temperature conditions (1400 °C and 5-9 GPa) from alkaline-earth metal nitrides or azides CaN/Sr(N)/Ba(N) and the binary nitrides AlN and PN. NHF served as a hydrogen source and mineralizing agent. The crystal structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and feature a three-dimensional network of vertex-sharing PN-tetrahedra forming diverse-sized rings that are occupied by aluminum and alkaline earth ions.

Stabilization of N and N anionic units and 2D polynitrogen layers in high-pressure scandium polynitrides.

Nitrogen catenation under high pressure leads to the formation of polynitrogen compounds with potentially unique properties. The exploration of the entire spectrum of poly- and oligo-nitrogen moieties is still in its earliest stages. Here, we report on four novel scandium nitrides, ScN, ScN, ScN and ScN, synthesized by direct reaction between yttrium and nitrogen at 78-125 GPa and 2500 K in laser-heated diamond anvil cells.

CrSiPN-A Chromium(+IV) Nitridosilicate Phosphate with Amphibole-Type Structure.

The first nitridic analog of an amphibole mineral, the quaternary nitridosilicate phosphate CrSiPN was synthesized under high-pressure high-temperature conditions at 1400 °C and 12 GPa from the binary nitrides CrN, SiN and PN, using NHN and NHF as additional nitrogen source and mineralizing agent, respectively. The crystal structure was elucidated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction with microfocused synchrotron radiation (C2/m, a=9.6002(19), b=17.