Motion and actions in language: Semantic representations in occipito-temporal cortex

► We examined the nature of the representations involved in occipito-temporal cortex. ► We focused on motion-perception area V5 and posterior temporal regions. ► Human and object motion sentences were contrasted with their static counterparts. ► Posterior temporal cortex, but not V5, strongly responds to animacy and motion. ► Language recruits supra-modal event-based representations in posterior temporal cortex.