title: Motor cognition-motor semantics: action perception theory of cognition and communication.
abstract: A new perspective on cognition views cortical cell assemblies linking together knowledge about actions and perceptions not only as the vehicles of integrated action and perception processing but, furthermore, as a brain basis for a wide range of higher cortical functions, including attention, meaning and concepts, sequences, goals and intentions, and even communicative social interaction. This article explains mechanisms relevant to mechanistic action perception theory, points to concrete neuronal circuits in brains along with artificial neuronal network simulations, and summarizes recent brain imaging and other experimental data documenting the role of action perception circuits in cognition, language and communication.
authors: Brain Language Laboratory, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Freie Universtät Berlin, Habelschwerdterallee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: friedemann.pulvermuller@fu-berlin.de.
authors: Friedemann
authors: F
authors: Pulvermüller
authors: Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, UK.
authors: Rachel L
authors: RL
authors: Moseley
authors: Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, UK.
authors: Natalia
authors: N
authors: Egorova
authors: Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge CB2 7EF, UK.
authors: Zubaida
authors: Z
authors: Shebani
authors: Laboratoire Dynamique Du Langage, CNRS/Université Lyon 2, UMR 5596, 69007 Lyon, France.
authors: Véronique
authors: V
authors: Boulenger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003142:Communication; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D012660:Semantics; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: Action; Action perception circuit; Cell assembly; Language; Meaning; Mirror neuron; Perception; Pragmatics; Social interaction