Action recognition: is it a motor process?
A new study has found that brain-damaged patients impaired in the production of an action also find it difficult to recognize the sound of the same action, providing new insights into the complex relationship between action production and action recognition.
Mahon
Bradford Z
BZ
Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, I-38068-Rovereto, Italy. mahon@fas.harvard.edu
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001072:Apraxias / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation