title: Predicting other people's action goals with low-level motor information.
abstract: In support for the direct-matching hypothesis, Ambrosini et al. (2011) recently reported that goal-directed saccades during action observation were modulated by manipulations of basic motor information. This finding indicates that motor programs, activated by low-level visual descriptions of others' actions, are involved in predicting other people's action goals. Here, I put this result into a broader context, review alternative interpretations, and suggest strategies for future studies.
authors.affiliation: Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders at Karolinska Institutet, Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Stockholm. terje.falck-ytter@psyk.uu.se
authors.forename: Terje
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Falck-Ytter
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*