Music perception involves complex brain functions underlying acoustic analysis, auditory
memory, auditory scene analysis, and processing of musical syntax and semantics …

Imitation poses a unique problem: how does the imitator know what pattern of motor
activation will make their action look like that of the model? Specialist theories suggest that …

Concepts are the elementary units of reason and linguistic meaning. They are conventional
and relatively stable. As such, they must somehow be the result of neural activity in the brain …

When we observe someone performing an action, do our brains simulate making that
action? Acquired motor skills offer a unique way to test this question, since people differ …

The same neural structures involved in the unconscious modeling of our acting body in
space also contribute to our awareness of the lived body and of the objects that the world …

In this article, we argue that consumer behavior is often strongly influenced by subtle
environmental cues. Using grocery shopping as an example (or a “leitmotif,” if you wish), we …

Human observers demonstrate impressive visual sensitivity to human movement. What
defines this sensitivity? If motor experience influences the visual analysis of action, then …

Passive viewing of biological motion engages extensive regions of the posterior temporal-
occipital cortex in humans, particularly within and nearby the superior temporal sulcus …

Neuropsychological research has established that the inhibition of dominant response
tendencies is a function of the prefrontal cortex. These inhibitory mechanisms are tested …

Paris, 1986: Doctor Lhermitte accompanies two patients of his to various locations around
the city. Both of them had suffered a stroke, which had damaged portions of their prefrontal …