The mirror mechanism is a basic brain mechanism that transforms sensory representations
of others' behaviour into one's own motor or visceromotor representations concerning that …

In our TICS Review in 2004, we proposed that a sector of the right inferior frontal cortex
(rIFC) in humans is critical for inhibiting response tendencies. Here we survey new …

The descending projections from motor cortex share many features with top-down or
backward connections in visual cortex; for example, corticospinal projections originate in …

The cingulate cortex is a mosaic of different anatomical fields, whose functional
characterization is still a matter of debate. In humans, one method that may provide useful …

Our understanding of the functions of motor system evolved remarkably in the last 20 years.
This is the consequence not only of an increase in the amount of data on this system but …

Mirror neurons were discovered over twenty years ago in the ventral premotor region F5 of
the macaque monkey. Since their discovery much has been written about these neurons …

The prefrontal cortex makes up almost a quarter of the human brain, and it expanded
dramatically during primate evolution. The Neurobiology of the Prefrontal Cortex presents a …

Long perceived as a primitive and poorly differentiated brain structure, the primate insular
cortex recently emerged as a highly evolved, organized and richly connected cortical hub …

Mirror neurons (MNs) are a fascinating class of cells originally discovered in the ventral
premotor cortex (PMv) and, subsequently, in the inferior parietal lobule (IPL) of the macaque …

Explaining the evolution of speech and language poses one of the biggest challenges in
biology. We propose a dual network model that posits a volitional articulatory motor network …