The perception of actions underwrites a wide range of socio-cognitive functions. Previous
neuroimaging and lesion studies identified several components of the brain network for …

Neuroscience has a long history of inferring brain function by examining the relationship
between brain injury and subsequent behavioral impairments. The primary advantage of this …

This review discusses the contributions of functional imaging (fMRI/PET) to our
understanding of how action and tool concepts are represented and processed in the …

The neural basis of action understanding in humans remains disputed, with some research
implicating the putative mirror neuron system (MNS) and some a mentalizing system (MZS) …

Understanding complex movements and abstract action goals is an important skill for our
social interactions. Successful social interactions entail understanding of actions at different …

The lateral premotor cortex (PMC) is involved during action observation in monkeys and
humans, reflecting a matching process between observed actions and their corresponding …

Action observation is supported by a network of regions in occipito-temporal, parietal, and
premotor cortex in primates. Recent research suggests that the parietal node has regions …

We report a functional neuroimaging study with positron emission tomography (PET) in
which six healthy adult volunteers were scanned while watching silent computer-presented …

Both temporal and frontoparietal brain areas are associated with the representation of
knowledge about the world, in particular about actions. However, what these brain regions …

Converging neuroscientific evidence suggests the existence of close links between
language and sensorimotor cognition. Accordingly, during the comprehension of meaningful …