Action observation activates brain areas involved in performing the same action and has
been shown to increase motor learning, with potential implications for neurorehabilitation …

Action observation gives rise to activation in corresponding areas of the premotor and
primary motor cortices. We tested the hypothesis that this activation depends on visual …

Observing an action performed by another person to learn a new movement is a frequent
experience in adult daily life, such as in sports. However, it is an especially common …

In the past few years, the use of motor imagery as an adjunct to other forms of training has
been studied extensively. However, very little attention has been paid to how imagery could …

Imitation is thought to require a perception–action matching process that utilizes the “mirror
neuron” system, but other cognitive functions such as error detection may also be required …

This study took a quantitative approach to investigate movement kinematics during the
imitation of goal-directed and non-goal directed movements. Motion tracking equipment was …

We have previously shown that passively observing a task-irrelevant rhythmical action can
bias the cycle time of a subsequently executed rhythmical action. Here we use the same …

Imitation involves matching the visual representation of another's action onto the observer's
own motor program for that action. However, there has been some debate regarding the …

Imitation plays a crucial role in the learning of many complex motor skills. Recent behavioral
and neuroimaging evidence suggests that the ability to imitate is influenced by past …

Human ability to imitate movements is instantiated in parietal, premotor and opercular
structures, often referred to as the human homologue of the macaque mirror neuron system …