title: Extending the mirror neuron system model, I. Audible actions and invisible grasps.
abstract: The paper introduces mirror neuron system II (MNS2), a new version of the MNS model (Oztop and Arbib in Biol Cybern 87 (2):116-140, 2002) of action recognition learning by mirror neurons of the macaque brain. The new model uses a recurrent architecture that is biologically more plausible than that of the original model. Moreover, MNS2 extends the capacity of the model to address data on audio-visual mirror neurons and on the response of mirror neurons when the target object was recently visible but is currently hidden.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, USC Brain Project, University of Southern California, 3641 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA, USA. bonaiuto@usc.edu
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bonaiuto
authors.forename: Edina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosta
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arbib
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D008251:Macaca; D008959:Models, Neurological; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*