title: Action observation: inferring intentions without mirror neurons.
abstract: A recent study has shown, using fMRI, that the mirror neuron system does not mediate action understanding when the observed action is novel or when it is hard to understand.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, UCL, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK. j.kilner@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kilner
authors.forename: Chris D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Frith
mesh_terms: D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012919:Social Behavior; D014796:Visual Perception