Gently tugging on facial muscles involved with production of the word "had" biases the person whose facial muscles are tugged to

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Gently tugging on facial muscles involved with production of a word biases the person to hear that word when an acoustically neutral stimulus is played. This is consistent with the concept of motor resonance, which suggests that when a person hears a word, their brain automatically simulates the motor movements required to produce that word. By tugging on the facial muscles involved in producing "had," the person's brain is primed to simulate those movements, leading them to hear "had" rather than "head" when an acoustically neutral stimulus is played.

Gently Tugging on Facial Muscles Involved with Production of the Word