The mirror neuron system and action recognition

Brain and Language

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 370-376

  Buccino, Giovanni ^a   Binkofski, Ferdinand ^b   Riggio, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NERVE CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1842607039     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00356-0     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Barresi J., Moore C. Intentional and social understanding. Behavioural Brain Sciences. 19:1996;107-154.
2. Binkofski, F., & Buccino, G. Motor functions of Broca's region, this issue
3. Binkofski F., Buccino G., Posse S., Seitz R.J., Rizzolatti G., Freund H.J. A fronto-parietal circuit for object manipulation in man: evidence from an fMRI study. European Journal of Neuroscience. 11:1999;3276-3286.
4. Brass M., Bekkering H., Wohlschlaeger A., Prinz W. Compatibility between observed and executed finger movements: comparing symbolic, spatial and imitative cues. Brain and Cognition. 44:2000;124-143.
5. Buccino G., Binkofski F., Fink G.R., Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Gallese V., Seitz R.J., Zilles K., Rizzolatti G., Freund H.J. Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study. European Journal of Neuroscience. 13:2001;400-404.
6. Buccino, G., Lui, F., Canessa, N., Patteri, I., Lagravinese, G., Benuzzi, F., Porro, C. A., & Rizzolatti, G. Neural circuits involved in the recognition of actions performed by non-conspecifics: an fMRI study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, in press
7. Carey D.P., Perrett D.I., Oram M.W. Recognizing, understanding and reproducing actions. Jeannerod M., Grafman J. Handbook of neuropsychology - action and cognition. 1997;111-130 Elsevier, Amsterdam.
8. Cochin S., Barthelemy C., Roux S., Martineau J. Observation and execution of movement: similarities demonstrated by quantified electroencephalography. European Journal of Neuroscience. 11:1999;1839-1842.
9. Craighero L., Bello A., Fadiga L., Rizzolatti G. Hand action preparation influences the responses to hand pictures. Neuropsychologia. 40:2002;492-502.
10. Decety J., Grezes J., Costes N., Perani D., Jeannerod M., Procyk E., Grassi F., Fazio F. Brain activity during observation of actions. Influence of action content and subject's strategy. Brain. 120:1997;1763-1777.
11. Ehrsson H.H., Fagergren A., Jonsson T., Westling G., Johansson R.S., Forssberg H. Cortical activity in precision versus power-grip tasks: an fMRI study. Journal of Neurophysiology. 83:2000;528-536.
12. Fadiga L., Craighero L., Buccino G., Rizzolatti G. Speech listening specifically modulates the excitability of tongue muscles: a TMS study. European Journal of Neuroscience. 15:2002;399-402.
13. Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Pavesi G., Rizzolatti G. Motor facilitation during action observation: a magnetic stimulation study. Journal of Neurophysiology. 73:1995;2608-2611.
14. Ferrari P.F., Gallese V., Rizzolatti G., Fogassi L. Mirror neurons responding to the observation of ingestive and communicative mouth actions in the monkey ventral premotor cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience. 17:2003;1703-1714.
15. Fogassi L., Gallese V., Fadiga L., Rizzolatti G. Neurons responding to the sight of goal-directed hand/arm movements in the parietal area PF (7b) of the macaque monkey. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 24:1998;154.
16. Gallese V. La molteplice natura delle relazioni interpersonali: la ricerca di un commune meccanismo neurofisiologico. Networks. 1:2003;24-47.
17. Gallese V., Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Rizzolatti G. Action recognition in the premotor cortex. Brain. 119:1996;593-609.
18. Gallese V., Fogassi L., Fadiga L., Rizzolatti G. Action representation and the inferior parietal lobule. Prinz W., Hommel B. Attention and performance XIX. Common mechanisms in perception and action. 2002;334-355 Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
19. Gangitano M., Mottaghy F.M., Pascual-Leone A. Phase-specific modulation of cortical motor output during movement observation. Neuroreport. 12:2001;1489-1492.
20. Gastaut H.J., Bert J. EEG changes during cinematographic presentation. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 6:1954;433-444.
21. Greenwald A.G. Sensory feedback mechanisms in performance control with special reference to the ideo-motor mechanism. Psychological Review. 77:1970;73-99.
22. Grèzes J., Costes N., Decety J. Top-down effect of strategy on the perception of human biological motion: a PET investigation. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 15:1998;553-582.
23. Grossman E., Donnelly M., Price R., Pickens D., Morgan V., Neighbor G., Blake R. Brain areas involved in perception of biological motion. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 12:2000;711-720.
24. Hari R., Forss N., Avikainen S., Kirveskari E., Salenius S., Rizzolatti G. Activation of human primary motor cortex during action observation: a neuromagnetic study. Proceedings of National Academy of Science USA. 95:1998;15061-15065.
25. James W. Principles of psychology. Vol. 2:1890;Holt, New York. Dover edition.
26. Jeannerod M. The representing brain: neural correlates of motor intention and imagery. Behavioral Brain Research. 17:1994;187-245.
27. Jeannerod M., Arbib M.A., Rizzolatti G., Sakata H. Grasping objects: the cortical mechanisms of visuomotor transformation. Trends in Neuroscience. 18:1995;314-320.
28. Koehler E., Keysers C., Umilta' M.A., Fogassi L., Gallese V., Rizzolatti G. Hearing sounds, understanding actions: action representation in mirror neurons. Science. 297:2002;846-848.
29. Matelli M., Luppino G., Rizzolatti G. Patterns of cytochrome oxidase activity in the frontal agranular cortex of the macaque monkey. Behavioral Brain Research. 18:1985;125-136.
30. Penfield W., Rasmussen T. The cerebral cortex of man: a clinical study of localization of function. 1950;Macmillan, New York.
31. Perani D., Fazio F., Borghese N.A., Tettamanti M., Ferrari S., Decety J., Gilardi M.C. Different brain correlates for watching real and virtual hand actions. Neuroimage. 14:2001;749-758.
32. Perrett D.I., Harries M.H., Bevan R., Thomas S., Benson B.J., Mistlin A.J., Chitty A.J., Hietanen J.K., Ortega J.E. Frameworks of analysis for the neural representation of animate objects and actions. Journal of experimental Biology. 146:1989;87-113.
33. Petrides M., Pandya D.N. Comparative architectonic analysis of the human and the macaque frontal cortex. Boller F., Grafman J. Handbook of neuropsychology. Vol. IX:1997;17-58 Elsevier, New York.
34. Rizzolatti G., Arbib M.A. Language within our grasp. Trends in Neurosciences. 21:1998;188-194.
35. Rizzolatti G., Camarda R., Fogassi L., Gentilucci M., Luppino G., Matelli M. Functional organization of inferior area 6 in the macaque monkey: II. Area F5 and the control of distal movements. Experimental Brain Research. 71:1988;491-507.
36. Rizzolatti G., Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Gallese V. From mirror neurons to imitation: facts and speculations. Prinz W., Meltzoff A. The imitative mind: development, evolution and brain bases. 2002;247-266 Cambridge University Press.
37. Rizzolatti G., Fadiga L., Gallese V., Fogassi L. Premotor cortex and the recognition of motor actions. Cognitive Brain Research. 3:1996;131-141.
38. Rizzolatti G., Fadiga L., Matelli M., Bettinardi V., Paulesu E., Perani D., Fazio F. Localization of grasp representations in humans by PET: 1. Observation versus execution. Experimental Brain Research. 111:1996;246-252.
39. Rizzolatti G., Fogassi L., Gallese V. Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the understanding and imitation of action. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 2:2001;661-669.
40. Rizzolatti G., Luppino G., Matelli G. The organization of the cortical motor system: new concepts. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 106:1998;283-296.
41. Strafella A.P., Paus T. Modulation of cortical exitability during action observation: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study. Neuroreport. 11:2000;2289-2292.
42. Umilta' M.A., Koelher E., Gallese V., Fogassi L., Fadiga L., Keysers C., Rizzolatti G. I know what you are doing: a neurophysiological study. Neuron. 31:2001;155-165.
43. Vaina L.M., Solomon J., Chowdhury S., Sihna P., Belliveau J.W. Functional neuroanatomy of biological motion perception in humans. Proceedings of National Academy of Science USA. 98:2001;11659-11661.
44. Von Weizsaecker V. Der Gestaltkreis. 1940;Thieme, Stuttgart.
45. Watkins K.E., Strafella A.P., Paus T. Seeing and hearing speech excites the motor system involved in speech production. Neuropsychologia. 41:2003;989-994.