Abstract “Automatic imitation” is a type of stimulus-response compatibility effect in which the
topographical features of task-irrelevant action stimuli facilitate similar, and interfere with …

Differences in performance with various stimulus–response mappings are among the most
prevalent findings for binary choice reaction tasks. The authors show that perceptual or …

Understanding of the factors that influence stimulus-response (SR) compatibility and
determine when and how compatibility effects will arise is a necessary foundation for …

A lack of imitative behavior is frequently described as a core feature of Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD), and is consistent with claims of mirror neuron system dysfunction in these …

Imitative compatibility, or automatic imitation, has been used as a measure of imitative
performance and as a behavioral index of the functioning of the human mirror system (eg …

Mirror neurons fire during both the performance of an action and the observation of the same
action being performed by another. These neurons have been recorded in ventral premotor …

The control of neurological networks supporting social cognition is crucially important for
social interaction. In particular, the control of imitation is directly linked to interaction quality …

Previous research has indicated a potential discontinuity between monkey and human
ventral premotor-parietal mirror systems, namely that monkey mirror systems process only …

Alexithymia is a subclinical condition traditionally characterized by difficulties identifying and
describing one's own emotions. Recent formulations of alexithymia, however, suggest that …

The present study tested whether coding of tone pitch relative to a referent contributes to the
correspondence effect between the pitch height of an auditory stimulus and the location of a …