Testing key predictions of the associative account of mirror neurons in humans using multivariate pattern analysis.
Cook et al. overstate the evidence supporting their associative account of mirror neurons in humans: most studies do not address a key property, action-specificity that generalizes across the visual and motor domains. Multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) of neuroimaging data can address this concern, and we illustrate how MVPA can be used to test key predictions of their account.
Centro Interdipartimentale Mente/Cervello (CIMeC), University of Trento, 38068 Rovereto, Trento, Italy. nikolaas.oosterhof@unitn.it http://www.unitn.it/en/cimec/22589/nikolaas-oosterhof.
Nikolaas N
NN
Oosterhof
Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynne, LL57 2AS, United Kingdom. a.wiggett@bangor.ac.uk e.cross@bangor.ac.uk http://www.bangor.ac.uk/psychology/people/profiles/alison_wiggett.php.en.
Alison J
AJ
Wiggett
Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynne, LL57 2AS, United Kingdom. a.wiggett@bangor.ac.uk e.cross@bangor.ac.uk http://www.bangor.ac.uk/psychology/people/profiles/alison_wiggett.php.en.
Emily S
ES
Cross
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D059167:Mirror Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012938:Social Perception