The structure of the brain and the nature of evolution suggest that, despite its uniqueness,
language likely depends on brain systems that also subserve other functions. The …

The commentaries have raised important points regarding different aspects of our model.
Some have queried the nature of the proposed dissociations, whereas others have …

Over the last decade, many neuroimaging studies have assessed the human brain networks
underlying action observation and imitation using a variety of tasks and paradigms …

First published in 1995, The Visual Brain in Action remains a seminal publication in the
cognitive sciences. It presents a model for understanding the visual processing underlying …

How does imitation occur? How can the motor plans necessary for imitating an action derive
from the observation of that action? Imitation may be based on a mechanism directly …

Understanding the intentions of others while watching their actions is a fundamental building
block of social behavior. The neural and functional mechanisms underlying this ability are …

The distinction between dorsal and ventral visual processing streams, first proposed by
Ungerleider and Mishkin (1982) and later refined by Milner and Goodale (1995) has been …

We used fMRI to examine the neural response in frontal and parietal cortices associated
with viewing and naming pictures of different categories of objects. Because tools are …

The article analyzes the neural and functional grounding of language skills as well as their
emergence in hominid evolution, hypothesizing stages leading from abilities known to exist …

The mesial premotor cortex (pre-supplementary motor area and supplementary motor area
proper), lateral premotor cortex (dorsal premotor cortex and ventral premotor cortex), and …