Our capacity to use tools and objects is often considered one of the hallmarks of the human
species. Many objects greatly extend our bodily capabilities to act in the physical world, such …

Since the discovery of mirror neurons in the 1990s, many neuroimaging studies have
tackled the issue of action observation with the aim of unravelling a putative homolog human …

Lesion location is an important determinant for post-stroke cognitive impairment. Although
several 'strategic'brain regions have previously been identified, a comprehensive map of …

Several neurophysiologic and neuroimaging studies suggested that motor and perceptual
systems are tightly linked along a continuum rather than providing segregated mechanisms …

Apraxia is regularly associated with aphasia, but there is controversy whether their co-
occurrence is the expression of a common basic deficit or results from anatomical proximity …

Limb apraxia is a heterogeneous disorder of skilled action and tool use that has long
perplexed clinicians and researchers. It occurs after damage to various loci in a densely …

Humans differ from other animals in the way they can skilfully and precisely operate or
invent tools to facilitate their everyday life. Tools have dominated our home, travel and work …

In this paper we review studies that investigated tool use disorders in left-brain damaged
(LBD) patients over the last 30 years. Four tasks are classically used in the field of apraxia …

Pantomime has a long tradition in clinical neuropsychology of apraxia. It has been much
more used by researchers and clinicians to assess tool-use disorders than real tool use …

More than two decades ago, the mirror neuron system (MNS) was discovered in non-human
primates: Single-cell recordings detected visuo-motor neurons that discharged not only …