Mirror neurons (and beyond) in the macaque brain: An overview of 20 years of research

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 540, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-14

  Casile, Antonino ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Mirror neurons; Mirroring phenomena

Indexed keywords

ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CELLS; COMPREHENSION; GROUP DYNAMICS; IMITATION; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MACACA; MIRROR NEURON; MOTONEURON; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMAGINATION; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MACACA; MIRROR NEURONS; MOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84876332272     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.11.003     Document Type: Review

References (54)

1. Barraclough N.E., Keith R.H., Xiao D., Oram M.W., Perrett D.I. Visual adaptation to goal-directed hand actions. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 2008, 21(9):1805-1819.
2. Bisley J.W., Goldberg M.E. Neuronal activity in the lateral intraparietal area and spatial attention. Science 2003, 299(5603):81-86. 10.1126/science.1077395.
3. Bonini L., Rozzi S., Serventi F., Simone L., Ferrari P.F., Fogassi L. Ventral premotor and inferior parietal cortices make distinct contribution to action organization and intention understanding. Cerebral Cortex 2010, 20(6):1372-1385. 10.1093/cercor/bhp200.
4. Bonini L., Serventi F.U., Simone L., Rozzi S., Ferrari P.F., Fogassi L. Grasping neurons of monkey parietal and premotor cortices encode action goals at distinct levels of abstraction during complex action sequences. Journal of Neuroscience 2011, 31(15):5876-5886. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5186-10.2011.
5. Caggiano V., Fogassi L., Rizzolatti G., Thier P., Casile A. Mirror neurons differentially encode the peripersonal and extrapersonal space of monkeys. Science 2009, 324(5925):403-406. 10.1126/science.1166818.
6. Caggiano V., Fogassi L., Rizzolatti G., Pomper J.K., Thier P., Giese M.A., Casile A. View-based encoding of actions in mirror neurons of area F5 in macaque premotor cortex. Current Biology 2011, 21(2):144-148. 10.1016/j.cub.2010.12.022.
7. Caggiano V., Fogassi L., Rizzolatti G., Casile A., Giese M.A., Thier P. Mirror neurons encode the subjective value of an observed action. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012, 10.1073/pnas.1205553109.
8. Casile A., Caggiano V., Ferrari P.F. The mirror neuron system: a fresh view. The Neuroscientist 2011, 17(5):524-538. 10.1177/1073858410392239.
9. Cisek P., Kalaska J.F. Simultaneous Encoding of Multiple Potential Reach Directions in Dorsal Premotor Cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology 2002, 87(2):1149-1154. Retrieved from. http://jn.physiology.org/content/87/2/1149.short.
10. Cisek P., Kalaska J.F. Neural correlates of mental rehearsal in dorsal premotor cortex. Nature 2004, 431(7011):993-996. 10.1038/nature03005.
11. Cisek P., Kalaska J.F. Neural correlates of reaching decisions in dorsal premotor cortex: specification of multiple direction choices and final selection of action. Neuron 2005, 45(5):801-814. 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.01.027.
12. Cisek P., Kalaska J.F. Neural mechanisms for interacting with a world full of action choices. Annual Review of Neuroscience 2010, 33:269-298. 10.1146/annurev.neuro.051508.135409.
13. Del Giudice M., Manera V., Keysers C. Programmed to learn? The ontogeny of mirror neurons. Developmental Science 2009, 12(2):350-363.
14. di Pellegrino G., Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Gallese V., Rizzolatti G. Understanding motor events: a neurophysiological study. Experimental Brain Research 1992, 91(1):176-180. 10.1007/BF00230027.
15. Duhamel J.R., Colby C.L. Ventral intraparietal area of the macaque: congruent visual and somatic response properties. Journal of Neurophysiology 1998, 79:126-136. Retrieved from. http://jn.physiology.org/content/79/1/126.short.
16. Dum R.P., Strick P.L. The origin of corticospinal projections from the premotor areas in the frontal lobe. Journal of Neuroscience 1991, 7:667-669. Retrieved from. http://www.neuro.cjb.net/content/11/3/667.short.
17. Dushanova J., Donoghue J. Neurons in primary motor cortex engaged during action observation. The European Journal of Neuroscience 2010, 31(2):386-398. 10.1111/j.14609568.2009.07067.x.
18. 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 2003, 17(8):1703-1714. 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02601.x.
19. Ferrari P.F., Rozzi S., Fogassi L. Mirror neurons responding to observation of actions made with tools in monkey ventral premotor cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 2005, 17(2):212-226. 10.1162/0898929053124910.
20. Fogassi L., Ferrari P.F., Gesierich B., Rozzi S., Chersi F., Rizzolatti G. Parietal lobe: from action organization to intention understanding. Science 2005, 308:662-667.
21. Gallese V., Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Rizzolatti G. Action recognition in the premotor cortex. Brain 1996, 119(2):593.
22. Gallese V., Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Rizzolatti G. Action representation and the inferior parietal lobule. Common Mechanisms in Perception and Action: Attention and Performance 2002, vol. XIX:247-266. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
23. Georgopoulos A.P., Kalaska J.F., Caminiti R., Massey J.T. On the relations between the direction of two-dimensional arm movements and cell discharge in primate motor cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 1982, 2(11):1527-1537.
24. Gottlieb J.P., Kusunoki M., Goldberg M.E. The representation of visual salience in monkey parietal cortex. Nature 1998, 391(6666):481-484. 10.1038/35135.
25. Herrington T.M., Assad J.A. Temporal sequence of attentional modulation in the lateral intraparietal area and middle temporal area during rapid covert shifts of attention. The Journal of Neuroscience 2010, 30(9):3287-3296. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6025-09.2010.
26. Heyes C. Causes and consequences of imitation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2001, 5(6):253-261.
27. Iacoboni M. Imitation, empathy, and mirror neurons. Annual Review of Psychology 2009, 60:653-670. 10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163604.
28. Ishida H., Nakajima K., Inase M., Murata A. Shared mapping of own and others' bodies in visuotactile bimodal area of monkey parietal cortex. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 2009, 22(1):83-96. 10.1162/jocn.2009.21185.
29. Jacob P. The tuning-fork model of human social cognition: a critique. Consciousness and Cognition 2009, 18(1):229-243. 10.1016/j.concog.2008.05.002.
30. Jeannerod M. The representing brain: neural correlates of motor intention and imagery. Behavioral and Brain sciences 1994, 17(02):187. 10.1017/S0140525X00034026.
31. Jeannerod M. To act or not to act: perspectives on the representation of actions. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 1999, 52A(1):1-29.
32. Keysers C., Perrett D.I. Demystifying social cognition: a Hebbian perspective. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2004, 8(11):501-507.
33. Keysers C., Kohler E., Umiltà M.A., Nanetti L., Fogassi L., Gallese V. Audiovisual mirror neurons and action recognition. Experimental Brain Research 2003, 153(4):628-636. 10.1007/s00221-003-1603-5.
34. Keysers C., Wicker B., Gazzola V., Anton J.-L., Fogassi L., Gallese V., Physiologiques I.D.N. A touching sight: SII/PV activation during the observation and experience of touch. Neuron 2004, 42:335-346.
35. Kilner J.M., Friston K.J., Frith C.D. The mirror-neuron system: a Bayesian perspective. NeuroReport 2007, 18(6):619-623.
36. Kohler E., Keysers C., Umiltà M.A., Fogassi L., Gallese V., Rizzolatti G. Hearing sounds, understanding actions: action representation in mirror neurons. Science 2002, 297(5582):846-848.
37. Kraskov A., Dancause N., Quallo M.M., Shepherd S., Lemon R.N. Corticospinal neurons in macaque ventral premotor cortex with mirror properties: a potential mechanism for action suppression?. Neuron 2009, 64(6):922-930. 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.12.010.
38. MacNeilage P.F. The frame/content theory of evolution of speech production. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 1998, 21(4):499-511. discussion 511-546. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10097020.
39. Matelli M., Camarda R.M., Glickstein M., Rizzolatti G. Afferent and efferent projections of the inferior area 6 in the macaque monkey. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 1986, 251(3):281-298. 10.1002/cne.902510302.
40. Mukamel R., Ekstrom A.D., Kaplan J., Iacoboni M., Fried I. Single-neuron responses in humans during execution and observation of actions. Current Biology 2010, 20(8):750-756. 10.1016/j.cub.2010.02.045.
41. Perrett D.I., Harries M.H., Bevan R., Thomas S., Benson P.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 1989, 146(1):87-113.
42. Petrides M., Pandya D.N. Projections to the frontal cortex from the posterior parietal region in the rhesus monkey. The Journal of Comparative Neurology 1984, 228(1):105-116. 10.1002/cne.902280110.
43. Rizzolatti G., Craighero L. The mirror-neuron system. Annual Review of Neuroscience Neurosci 2004, 27:169-192.
44. Rizzolatti G., Luppino G. The cortical motor system. Neuron 2001, 31:889-901.
45. Rizzolatti G., Sinigaglia C. The functional role of the parieto-frontal mirror circuit: interpretations and misinterpretations. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2010, 11(4):264-274. 10.1038/nrn2805.
46. Rizzolatti G., Scandolara C., Matelli M., Gentilucci M. Afferent properties of periarcuate neurons in macaque monkeys. I. Somatosensory responses. Behavioural Brain Research 1981, 2(2):125-146. Retrieved from. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7248054.
47. Rizzolatti G., Fadiga L., Fogassi L., Gallese V. Premotor cortex and the recognition of motor actions. Cognitive Brain Research 1996, 3(2):131-141. Retrieved from. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8800951.
48. Rochat M.J., Caruana F., Jezzini A., Escola L., Intskirveli I., Grammont F., Gallese V., Rizzolatti G., Umiltà M.A. Responses of mirror neurons in area F5 to hand and tool grasping observation. Experimental Brain Research 2010, 204(4):605-616. 10.1007/s00221-010-2329-9.
49. Shepherd S.V., Klein J.T., Deaner R.O., Platt M.L. Mirroring of attention by neurons in macaque parietal cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2009, 106(23):9489-9494. 10.1073/pnas.0900419106.
50. Tkach D., Reimer J., Hatsopoulos N.G. Congruent activity during action and action observation in motor cortex. Journal of Neuroscience 2007, 27(48):13241-13250. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2895-07.2007.
51. Umiltà M.A., Kohler E., Gallese V., Fogassi L., Fadiga L., Keysers C., Rizzolatti G. I know what you are doing: a neurophysiological study. Neuron 2001, 31(1):155-165.
52. Umiltà M.A., Escola L., Intskirveli I., Grammont F., Rochat M., Caruana F., Jezzini A., Gallese V., Rizzolatti G. When pliers become fingers in the monkey motor system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2008, 105(6):2209-2213. 10.1073/pnas.0705985105.
53. Urgesi C., Maieron M., Avenanti A., Tidoni E., Fabbro F., Aglioti S.M. Simulating the future of actions in the human corticospinal system. Cerebral Cortex 2010, 20(11):2511-2521. 10.1093/cercor/bhp292.
54. van Hooff J.A.R.A.M. Facial expressions in higher primates. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London 1962, 8:97-125.