Action observation: inferring intentions without mirror neurons.
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.
Kilner
James M
JM
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, UCL, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK. j.kilner@fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk
Frith
Chris D
CD
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