title: Do mirror neurons subserve action understanding?
abstract: Mirror neurons were once widely believed to support action understanding via motor simulation of the observed actions. Recent evidence regarding the functional properties of mirror neurons in monkeys as well as much neuropsychological evidence in humans has shown that this is not the case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States. greg.hickok@uci.edu
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hickok
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D032882:Comprehension; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D059167:Mirror Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009039:Motion Perception; D009068:Movement; D011597:Psychomotor Performance