Mentalization is the process by which an observer views a target as possessing higher
cognitive faculties such as goals, intentions and desires. Mentalization can be assessed …

How humans understand the intention of others' actions remains controversial. Some
authors have suggested that intentions are recognized by means of a motor simulation of the …

In everyday discourse, people typically represent actions in one of two ways: how they are
performed or why they are performed. In the present study, we determined the neural …

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) …

When we observe another person's actions, we process many kinds of information–from
how their body moves to the intention behind their movements. What kinds of information …

Humans commonly understand the unobservable mental states of others by observing their
actions. Embodied simulation theories suggest that this ability may be based in areas of the …

Here we challenge and present evidence that expands the what, when, and whether
anatomical model of intentional action, which states that internally driven decisions about …

Prior research conceptualised action understanding primarily as a kinematic matching of
observed actions to own motor representations but has ignored the role of object …

Deficits in social communication in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been documented
using neuroimaging techniques such as functional MRI over the past decade. More recently …

Observing other people's actions activates a network of brain regions that is also activated
during the execution of these actions. Here, we used functional magnetic resonance …