Individuals with autism spectrum conditions have difficulties in understanding and
responding appropriately to others. Additionally, they demonstrate impaired perception of …

Human actions involving hand manipulations are structured according to the making and
breaking of hand-object contact, and human visual understanding of action is reliant on …

Estimating another person's subjective confidence is crucial for social interaction, but how
this inference is achieved is unknown. Previous research has demonstrated that the speed …

Objective To evaluate the effects of action observation therapy, which is based on mirror
neuron theory, on upper limb function and activities of daily living in patients with stroke …

Predicting others' actions is essential for well-coordinated social interactions. In two
experiments including an infant population, this study addresses to what extent motor …

A dominant theory of embodied aesthetic experience (Freedberg & Gallese, 2007, Trends in
Cognitive Sciences, 11, 197) posits that the appreciation of visual art is linked to the artist's …

Generating predictions during action observation is essential for efficient navigation through
our social environment. With age, the sensitivity in action prediction declines. In younger …

Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide. It leads to a sudden and overwhelming
disruption in one's physical body, and alters the stroke survivors' sense of self. Long-term …

Artists and animators have observed that children's movements are quite different from
adults performing the same action. Previous computer graphics research on human motion …

Objective To investigate the effects of mirror neuron theory-based visual feedback therapy
(VFT) on restoration of upper limb function of stroke patients and motor-related cortical …