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 …

Actions can be planned and recognized at different hierarchical levels, ranging from very
specific (eg, to swim backstroke) to very broad (eg, locomotion). Understanding the …

Several regions of the posterior-lateral-temporal cortex (PLTC) are reliably recruited when
participants read or listen to action verbs, relative to other word and nonword types. This …

Objects are reminiscent of actions often performed with them: knife and apple remind us on
peeling the apple or cutting it. Mnemonic representations of object-related actions (action …

Brain regions that mediate action understanding must contain representations that are
action specific and at the same time tolerate a wide range of perceptual variance. Whereas …

How neural specificity for distinct conceptual knowledge categories arises is central for
understanding the organization of semantic memory in the human brain. Although there is a …

Action understanding requires a many-to-one mapping of perceived input onto abstract
representations that generalize across concrete features. It is debated whether such abstract …

Although it is well established that fronto-parietal regions are active during action
observation, whether they play a causal role in the ability to infer others' intentions from …

How and where in the human brain high-level sensorimotor processes such as intentions
and decisions are coded remain important yet essentially unanswered questions. This is in …

A controversial question in cognitive neuroscience is whether comprehension of words and
sentences engages brain mechanisms specific for decoding linguistic meaning or whether …