More than associations: an ideomotor perspective on mirror neurons.
In this commentary, we propose an extension of the associative approach of mirror neurons, namely, ideomotor theory. Ideomotor theory assumes that actions are controlled by anticipatory representations of their sensory consequences. As we outline below, this extension is necessary to clarify a number of empirical observations that are difficult to explain from a purely associative perspective.
Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. marcel.brass@ugent.be paulsimon.muhlekarbe@ugent.be http://users.ugent.be/~mbrass/Web-Site/Dr._Marcel_Brass.html.
Marcel
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Brass
Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. marcel.brass@ugent.be paulsimon.muhlekarbe@ugent.be http://users.ugent.be/~mbrass/Web-Site/Dr._Marcel_Brass.html.
Paul S
PS
Muhle-Karbe
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D059167:Mirror Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D012938:Social Perception